Yugh language

Yugh (Yug) is a Yeniseian language, closely related to Ket, formerly spoken by the Yugh people, one of the southern groups along the Yenisei River in central Siberia.[3] It was once regarded as a dialect of the Ket language, which was considered to be a language isolate, and was therefore called Sym Ket or Southern Ket; however, the Ket considered it to be a distinct language. By the early 1990s there were only two or three non-fluent speakers remaining, and the language was virtually extinct. In the 2010 census only one ethnic Yugh was counted.[4]

Yugh
Sym Ket
D'uk
Pronunciation[ɟuk]
Native toRussia
RegionYenisei River
EthnicityYugh people
Native speakers
~1 (if not extinct) (2010 census)[1]
Dené–Yeniseian?
Language codes
ISO 639-3yug
Glottologyugh1239
yugh1240  additional bibliography
ELPYug[2]

Notes
  1. "Yug". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Yug.
  3. Vajda, Edward J. "The Ket and Other Yeniseian Peoples". Retrieved 2006-10-27.
  4. 2010 census data

References
  • Vajda, Edward J., Yeniseian Peoples and Languages : A History of Yeniseian Studies with an Annotated Bibliography and a Source Guide, Curzon Press: 2002 ISBN 0-7007-1290-9.


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