Selkup
Selkup is a Uralic language spoken in Russia, by about 600 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Selkup is the group of languages of the Selkups, belonging to the Samoyedic group of the Uralic language family. It is spoken by some 600 people (2022 est.) in the region between the Ob and Yenisei Rivers (in Siberia). The language name Selkup comes from the Russian селькуп, based on the native name used in the Taz dialect, шӧльӄумыт әты (šöľqumyt əty lit. 'forest-man language'). Different dialects use different native names.
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Words in Selkup
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | qup* | |
| name | 5im* | |
| eye | sayi* | |
| ear | qo* | |
| nose | yinCay* | |
| tooth | tyim3* | |
| tongue | Se* | |
| hand | ut3* | |
| blood | kEm* | |
| bone | lE* | |
| skin | qop3* | |
| knee | pul3* | |
| breast | 5ima* | |
| liver | m3t3* | |
| water | ӱт | üt |
| fire | ti* | |
| sun | Cel3* | |
| star | qyiSqya* | |
| stone | pi* | |
| mountain | maqqa* | |
| tree | po* | |
| leaf | Cop3* | |
| night | pyit* | |
| dog | kanak* | |
| fish | qEl3* | |
| louse | unt3* | |
| one | ukk3r* | |
| two | Sittyaq3* | |
| I | mat* | |
| you | tat* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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