Southern Yukaghir
Southern Yukaghir is a Yukaghir language spoken in Russia, by about 50 people. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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The Southern, Kolyma or Forest Yukaghir language (Southern Yukaghir: одун ажуу) is one of two extant Yukaghir languages.
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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Words in Southern Yukaghir
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | paj | |
| person | yomimoyb3* | |
| name | 5u* | |
| eye | oNj3* | |
| ear | unem3* | |
| nose | yoXul* | |
| tooth | todi* | |
| tongue | onor* | |
| blood | lepul* | |
| bone | omun* | |
| skin | qor* | |
| knee | poXoZo* | |
| breast | ibiSi* | |
| liver | kudej3* | |
| water | оожии | ōžī |
| fire | loCil* | |
| sun | yeLoj3* | |
| star | yurgujey3* | |
| mountain | pe* | |
| river | унун | unun |
| tree | Sol* | |
| leaf | polZiC3* | |
| night | emil* | |
| dog | тоуко | towko |
| fish | onil* | |
| louse | peme* | |
| one | irke* | |
| two | otoq* | |
| I | m3t* | |
| you | t3t* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Northern YukaghirYukaghir23% alike
- NatanzicIndo-European9% alike
- Tok PisinIndo-European9% alike
- SelkupUralic9% alike
- West-Central LimbaAtlantic-Congo9% alike
- ShahmirzadiIndo-European8% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · sout2750 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · yux