Back لغات يوكغير Arabic Llingües yucaguires AST Yukagir dili AZ یوکاقیر دیلی AZB Юкагірская мова BE Юкагірскія мовы BE-X-OLD Юкагирски езици Bulgarian Yezhoù youkagirek BR Llengües iukaguirs Catalan Юкагирийн меттанаш CE
| Yukaghir | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Russian Far East |
| Ethnicity | Yukaghirs, Chuvans, Anauls |
Native speakers | 320 (mostly Tundra, 2020 census)[1] |
| Linguistic classification | One of the world's primary language families |
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | yuka1259 |
 Extent of Yukaghir languages in the 17th (hatched) and 20th (solid) centuries | |
The Yukaghir languages (/ˈjuːkəɡɪər/ YOO-kə-geer or /juːkəˈɡɪər/ yoo-kə-GEER; also Yukagir, Jukagir) are a small family of two closely related languages—Tundra and Kolyma Yukaghir—spoken by the Yukaghir in the Russian Far East living in the basin of the Kolyma River. At the 2002 Russian census, both Yukaghir languages taken together had 604 speakers.[2] More recent reports from the field reveal that this number is far too high: Southern Yukaghir was reported to have had a maximum of 60 fluent speakers in 2009, while the Tundra Yukaghir language had around 60–70. The entire family, as such, is regarded as moribund.[3] The Yukaghir have experienced a politically imposed language shift in recent times, resulting in a majority of speakers also speaking Russian and Yakut.
In the Russian 2020-2021 census, 516 people reported speaking a Yukaghir language as their native language.[4]
- ^ Yukaghir languages at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
- ^ "Всероссийская перепись населения 2002 года". www.perepis2002.ru. Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ "Endangered languages in Northeast Asia: report". www.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 2017-11-02.
- ^ "Росстат — Всероссийская перепись населения 2020". rosstat.gov.ru. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
