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Extinct Yukaghir language of northeast Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Omok is an extinct Yukaghir language of Siberia, part of a dialect continuum with two surviving languages, also referred to as an eastern dialect of Tundra Yukaghir.[2] It was last spoken perhaps as late as the 18th century.[better source needed] A wordlist of Omok, as well as its sister language Chuvan, was recorded in 1821 by Fyodor Matyushkin.[3]
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Omok | |
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Native to | Russia |
Region | Yakutia and Magadan Oblast |
Ethnicity | Omoks |
Era | last attested 1821[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | omk |
omk | |
Glottolog | yuka1240 |
![]() Pre-contact distribution of Omok (yellow) and other Yukaghir languages |
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