Chuvan language

Not to be confused with the Chuvash language.
Chuvan
Native toRussia
RegionAnadyr River basin of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Ethnicity900 Chuvans (2020)
Extinctlate 19th century[1]
Yukaghir
  • Eastern Yukaghir?
    • Chuvan
Language codes
ISO 639-3xcv
xcv
Glottologchuv1256  Chuvantsy
Pre-contact distribution of Chuvan (red) and other Yukaghir languages

Chuvan (Russian: Чуванский язык) is an extinct Yukaghir language of Siberia, part of a dialect continuum with the two surviving languages.[2] It was most likely last spoken in the 19th century.[1] Chuvan was widespread in the lower region of the Anadyr River (near Chuvanskoye), spoken by Chuvans. The translations of 22 sentences, recorded in 1781 by I. Benzig, and 210 words written by Fyodor Matyushkin in 1821 have been preserved.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Janhunen, Juha; Salminen, Tapani. "Endangered languages in Northeast Asia: report". helsinki.fi. Archived from the original on 2019-02-11. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
  2. ^ Tailleur O. G., Le dialecte tchouvane du youkaghir, "Ural-Altaische Jahrbücher", Wiesbaden, 1962, Bd 34.
  3. ^ Matyushkin FF, Collection of the words of the Chuvansky and Omok languages, in: Vrangel F.P., Journey through the northern shores of Siberia and along the Arctic Ocean, accomplished in 1820-1824, Part 2, Additions, St. Petersburg, 1841;
  4. ^ Nikolaeva, Irina (2008). "Chuvan and Omok Languages?". Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics. 33: 313–336. ISSN 0169-0124.


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