Yugh language

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Numerals in Yeniseian languages

Yugh (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; 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.[2] It went extinct by 1972.[1] 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 nonfluent speakers remaining,[3] and the language was virtually extinct. The 2002 census recorded 19 ethnic Yugh in all of Russia.[4] In the 2010 census, only one ethnic Yugh was counted, also stating their proficiency in Yugh,[5] while in the 2020 census, 7 ethnic Yugh were counted,[6] 2 of them stating that they were speakers of Yugh.[7]

Phonology

Vowels

Vowels of Yugh[8]
Front Central Back
Close i Template:IPAblink ɨ Template:IPAblink u Template:IPAblink
Close-mid e Template:IPAblink ə Template:IPAblink o Template:IPAblink
Open-mid ɛ Template:IPAblink ʌ Template:IPAblink ɔ Template:IPAblink
Open a Template:IPAblink

Consonants

Consonants of Yugh[8]
Labial Alveolar Alveolo-

Palatal

Palatalized Velar Uvular Laryngeal/
Pharyngeal
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voicedScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". b Template:IPAblink d Template:IPAblink dʼ Template:IPAblink g Template:IPAblink
Fricative voicelessScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". f Template:IPAblink s Template:IPAblink š Template:IPAblink šʼ Template:IPAblink χ Template:IPAblink
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Affricate (c Template:IPAblink) čʼ Template:IPAblink
Nasal m Template:IPAblink n Template:IPAblink nʼ Template:IPAblink ŋ Template:IPAblink    
Trill Template:IPAblink
Lateral l Template:IPAblink lʼ Template:IPAblink
Approximant j Template:IPAblink

Notes

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  4. 2002 Russian census data
  5. 2010 Russian census data
  6. Том 5. «Национальный состав и владение языками». Таблица 1. Национальный состав населения
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References

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External links

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