Yurats language
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Yurats | |
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Native to | Russia |
Extinct | early 19th century |
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ISO 639-3 |
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Linguist list | 1ow |
Yurats (Yurak) was a Samoyedic language spoken in the Siberian tundra west of the Yenisei River. It became extinct in the early 19th century. Yurats was probably either a transitional variety connecting the Nenets and Enets languages of the Samoyedic family, or an archaic dialect of Enets.[1]
References
- ↑ Janhunen, Juha (1977). Samojedischer Wortschatz. Castreanumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki. p. 8. ISBN 951-45-1161-1. ISSN 0355-0141.
External links
- UNESCO red book entry (144K)
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