Negidal language

Negidal
Неғида хэсэнин
Native toRussia
RegionRussian Far East
Ethnicity510 Negidals (2010 census)[1]
Native speakers
75 (2010 census)[1]
(only a few fully fluent by 2007)[1]
Tungusic
  • Northern
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3neg
Glottolognegi1245
ELPNegidal
Negidal is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Negidal (also spelled Neghidal) is a language of the Tungusic family spoken in the Russian Far East, mostly in Khabarovsk Krai, along the lower reaches of the Amur River.[1] Negidal belongs to the Northern branch of Tungusic, together with Evenki and Even. It is particularly close to Evenki, to the extent that it is occasionally referred to as a dialect of Evenki.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d Negidal at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Janhunen, Juha (1996) Manchuria: An ethnic history. Helsinki: Finno-Ugrian Society, p. 73

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