Yurats language
| Yurats | |
|---|---|
| Yurak | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | west of the Yenisey, Gyda Peninsula |
| Ethnicity | Yurats |
| Extinct | early 19th century[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | rts |
| Glottolog | yura1256 Yurats |
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| File:Lang Status 01-EX.svg Yurats is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger of Disappearing (2001) | |
Yurats (Yurak) was a Samoyedic language spoken in the Siberian tundra west of the Yenisei River. It became extinct in the early 19th century, due to the expansion of the Nenets people.[1] Yurats was probably either a transitional variety connecting the Nenets and Enets languages of the Samoyedic family, or an archaic dialect of Enets.[2] While it is marginally closer to Enets rather than Nenets, it does not show a majority of either Enets or Nenets features.[3] Some eastern dialects of Tundra Nenets may have a Yurats substrate, as the Yurats were likely absorbed by the Tundra Nenets.[4] The uncertainty regarding the language's status is due to the scarcity of information about the language.[5] Nevertheless, Glottolog considers it to be a dialect of Tundra Nenets, as is the traditional assumption.[6]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- UNESCO red book entry (144K)
- Dictionary of the Samoyedic languages (includes Yurats) (in German)
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