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Southern Yukaghir language
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| Southern Yukaghir | |
|---|---|
| Forest Yukaghir, Kolyma Yukaghir | |
| Одун ажуу[1] | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Yakutia and Magadan Oblast |
| Ethnicity | 1,800 Yukaghir (2020 census)[2] |
Native speakers | 50 (2003)[3] ca. 10 active (2010)[4] |
Yukaghir
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | yux |
| Glottolog | sout2750 |
| ELP | Forest Yukagir |
| Glottopedia | Kolyma-Jukagirisch[5] |
 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 | |
The Southern, Kolyma or Forest Yukaghir language 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 / 65°N 153°E), previously in the wider area of the upper Kolyma region. In 2010 it had about 10 active speakers.[4]
- ^ Nikolajeva, Irina (2002). Юкагирско-Русский Словарь (in Russian). ISBN 5947450690.
- ^ Southern Yukaghir language at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ Maslova, Elena (2003). A Grammar of Kolyma Yukaghir. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110175271.
- ^ a b "Язык лесных юкагиров". Язык и общество. Энциклопедия (Издательский центр «Азбуковник» ed.). 2016. pp. 614–618.
- ^ Glottopedia article on Southern Yukaghir language.
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