Omok language
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Omok | |
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Native to | Russia |
Region | Yakutia and Magadan Oblast |
Ethnicity | Omoks |
Extinct | 18th century or earlier[better source needed][1] |
Yukaghir
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | omk |
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]
- ^ Omok at MultiTree on the Linguist List
- ^ Nikolaeva, Irina (2008). "Chuvan and Omok Languages?". Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics. 33: 313–336. ISSN 0169-0124.