| Yugh | |
|---|---|
| Sym Ket | |
| D'uk | |
| Pronunciation | [ɟuk] |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Yenisei River |
| Ethnicity | Yugh people |
Native speakers | ~1 (if not extinct) (2010 census)[1] |
Dené–Yeniseian?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yug |
| Glottolog | yugh1239yugh1240 additional bibliography |
| ELP | Yug[2] |
Yugh (Yug) is a Yeniseian language, closely related to Ket, formerly spoken by the Yugh people, one of the southern groups along the Yenisei River in central Siberia.[3] It was once regarded as a dialect of the Ket language, which was considered to be a language isolate, and was therefore called Sym Ket or Southern Ket; however, the Ket considered it to be a distinct language. By the early 1990s there were only two or three non-fluent speakers remaining, and the language was virtually extinct. In the 2010 census only one ethnic Yugh was counted.[4]
Notes
- ^ "Yug". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
- ^ Endangered Languages Project data for Yug.
- ^ Vajda, Edward J. "The Ket and Other Yeniseian Peoples". Retrieved 2006-10-27.
- ^ 2010 census data
References
- Vajda, Edward J., Yeniseian Peoples and Languages : A History of Yeniseian Studies with an Annotated Bibliography and a Source Guide, Curzon Press: 2002 ISBN 0-7007-1290-9.
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