Negidal language

Negidal (also spelled Neghidal) is a language of the Tungusic family spoken in the Russian Far East, mostly in Khabarovskij Kraj, along the lower reaches of the Amur River. Negidal belongs to the Northern branch of Tungusic, together with Evenki and Even. It is particularly close to Evenki, to the extent that it is occasionally referred to as a dialect of Evenki.

Negidal
Неғида хэсэнин
Native toRussia
RegionRussian Far East
Ethnicity510 Negidals (2010 census)
Native speakers
75 (2010 census)
(only a few fully fluent by 2007)
Tungusic
  • Northern
    • Evenki group
      • Negidal
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3neg
Glottolognegi1245
ELPNegidal
Negidal is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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