Southern Yukaghir language
The Southern, Kolyma or Forest Yukaghir language is one of two extant Yukaghir languages.
| Southern Yukaghir | |
|---|---|
| Forest Yukaghir, Kolyma Yukaghir | |
| Одул | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Yakutia and Magadan Oblast |
| Ethnicity | 1,800 Yukaghir (2020 census) |
Native speakers | 50 (2003) ca. 10 active (2010) |
Yukaghir
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yux |
| Glottolog | sout2750 |
| ELP | Forest Yukagir |
| Glottopedia | Kolyma-Jukagirisch |
Pre-contact distribution of Southern Yukaghir (purple) and other Yukaghir languages | |
Forest Yukagir is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Last spoken in the forest zone near the sources of the Kolyma, divided between the Sakha Republic and the Magadan Oblast (around 65°N 153°E), previously in the wider area of the upper Kolyma region. In 2010 it had about 10 active speakers.
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