Omok language

Omok is an extinct Yukaghir language of Siberia, part of a dialect continuum with two surviving languages. It was last spoken perhaps as late as the 18th century. A wordlist of Omok, as well as its sister language Chuvan, was recorded in 1821 by Fyodor Matyushkin.[2]

Omok
Native toRussia
RegionYakutia and Magadan Oblast
EthnicityOmoks
Extinct18th century or earlier[1]
Yukaghir
  • Eastern Yukaghir?
    • Omok
Language codes
ISO 639-3omk
omk
Glottologyuka1240
Pre-contact distribution of Omok (yellow) and other Yukaghir languages

References

  1. Omok at MultiTree on the Linguist List
  2. Nikolaeva, Irina (2008). "Chuvan and Omok Languages?". Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics. 33: 313–336. ISSN 0169-0124.
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