Omok language

Extinct Yukaghir language of northeast Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Omok language

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
Native toRussia
RegionYakutia and Magadan Oblast
EthnicityOmoks [ru]
Eralast attested 1821[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3omk
omk
Glottologyuka1240
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Pre-contact distribution of Omok (yellow) and other Yukaghir languages
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