Negidal language
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Negidal (also spelled Neghidal) is a language of the Tungusic family spoken in the Russian Far East, mostly in Khabarovsk Krai, along the lower reaches of the Amur River.[2] Negidal belongs to the Northern branch of Tungusic, together with Evenki and Even. It is particularly close to Evenki, to the extent that it is occasionally referred to as a dialect of Evenki.[3]
Language status
According to the Russian Census of 2002, there were 567 Negidals, 147 of which still spoke the language. The Russian Census of 2010 reported lower speaker numbers, with only 19 of 513 ethnic Negidals reported to still speak the language.[1][2]
However, recent reports from the field reveal that the linguistic situation of Negidal is much worse than the census reports. According to Kalinina (2008),Template:Sfn whose data stem from the fieldwork conducted in 2005-2007, there are only three full speakers left, and a handful of semi-speakers. Pakendorf & Aralova (2018) report from fieldwork conducted in 2017 that there remain only six active speakers of Upper Negidal and there are no active speakers of Lower Negidal, only 10-20 passive speakers.[1] The language is thus classified as critically endangered[4] and is predicted to become dormant within the next decade.[1]
Dialects
There were formerly two dialects: the Upper Negidal dialect (Verkhovskoj in Russian) along the Amgun River (village of Vladimirovka), still residually spoken, and the now extinct Lower dialect (Nizovskoj) in its lower reaches (villages of Tyr and Beloglinka, the town of Nikolaevsk-on-Amur).[1] The Lower dialect was especially close to Evenki.
Phonology
Vowels
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| Mid | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link | Template:IPA link |
| Open | Template:IPA link | |||
- /o/ may also be heard as Template:IPAblink in some areas.
- /o/, when appearing in more than two syllables in a word, may also be heard as Template:IPAblink or Template:IPAblink.
Consonants
- /ɡ/ can also have an allophone Template:IPAblink.
- /w/ becomes voiceless before a voiceless consonant and is heard as a fricative Template:IPAblink.[5]
Orthography
| А а | Б б | В в | Г г | Ғ ғ | Д д | Е е | Ё ё | Ж ж | З з |
| Ӡ ӡ | И и | Й й | К к | Л л | М м | Н н | Ӈ ӈ | О о | Ө ө |
| П п | Р р | С с | Т т | У у | Ф ф | Х х | Ц ц | Ч ч | Ш ш |
| Щ щ | Ъ ъ | Ы ы | Ь ь | Э э | Ю ю | Я я |
Notes
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- ↑ Janhunen, Juha (1996) Manchuria: An ethnic history. Helsinki: Finno-Ugrian Society, p. 73
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Bibliography
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- Pakendorf, B. & Aralova, N. (2018). The endangered state of Negidal: a field report. Language Documentation & Conservation 12: 1-14. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24760
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External links
- ELAR archive of Endangered Tungusic Languages of Khabarovskij Kraj (including Negidal)
- The Endangered Languages Project - Negidal
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