Omok language - Wikipedia

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Omok
Native to	Russia
Region	Yakutia and Magadan Oblast
Ethnicity	Omoks [ru]
Era	last attested 1821^[1]
Language family	Yukaghir Eastern Yukaghir? Omok
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`omk`
Linguist List	`omk`
Glottolog	`yuka1240`
Pre-contact distribution of Omok (yellow) and other Yukaghir languages

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.^{[better source needed]} A wordlist of Omok, as well as its sister language Chuvan, was recorded in 1821 by Fyodor Matyushkin.^[2]

References[edit]

^ 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 ;
^ Nikolaeva, Irina (2008). "Chuvan and Omok Languages?". Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics. 33: 313–336. ISSN 0169-0124.