Yeniseian languages

E476104

endangered language family language family

Yeniseian languages are a small, endangered family of languages spoken by Indigenous peoples of central Siberia, notably including Ket.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Yeniseian	2
Yeniseian family of Siberia	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	endangered language family ⓘ language family ⓘ
arealContactWith	Mongolic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Ob-Ugric languages ⓘ Samoyedic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Tungusic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentationStatus	poorly documented except Ket ⓘ reconstructed from historical sources for extinct varieties ⓘ
endangermentCause	language shift to Russian ⓘ
extinctLanguages	Arin language NERFINISHED ⓘ Assan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kott language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yugh language NERFINISHED ⓘ
geographicDistribution	basin of the Yenisei River ⓘ central Siberian taiga ⓘ
hasBranch	Northern Yeniseian NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Yeniseian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguage	Arin language NERFINISHED ⓘ Assan language NERFINISHED ⓘ Ket language NERFINISHED ⓘ Kott language NERFINISHED ⓘ Yugh language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLanguageStatus	endangered ⓘ extinct ⓘ moribund ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	complex verb morphology ⓘ prefixing and suffixing verb structure ⓘ rich aspectual system ⓘ tone in Ket ⓘ
hasNotableLanguage	Ket language NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNumberOfSpeakers	several hundred for Ket in the 21st century ⓘ very few ⓘ
hasProposedGeneticRelation	Na-Dene languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProposedMacroFamily	Dene–Yeniseian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProtoLanguage	Proto-Yeniseian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRepresentativeLanguage	Ket language NERFINISHED ⓘ
lastSurvivingLanguage	Ket language NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenAlong	Yenisei River NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Arin people NERFINISHED ⓘ Assan people NERFINISHED ⓘ Indigenous peoples of central Siberia ⓘ Ket people NERFINISHED ⓘ Kott people NERFINISHED ⓘ Yugh people ⓘ
spokenIn	Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ central Siberia ⓘ
studiedBy	Edward Vajda NERFINISHED ⓘ Heinrich Werner NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Starostin NERFINISHED ⓘ
subclassOf	Paleo-Siberian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ languages of Siberia ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script for Ket ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dené–Caucasian (controversial) → hasProposedMember → Yeniseian languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Dené–Caucasian

Dené–Caucasian (controversial) → hasProposedMember → Yeniseian languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Dené–Caucasian

this entity surface form: Yeniseian family of Siberia

Dené–Yeniseian languages (proposed) → hasSubgroup → Yeniseian languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Dené–Yeniseian languages

Indigenous peoples of the Arctic → haveLanguageFamily → Yeniseian languages ⓘ

Dené–Caucasian (controversial) → involvesLanguageFamily → Yeniseian languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Dené–Caucasian

this entity surface form: Yeniseian

Dené–Yeniseian languages (proposed) → languageFamilyLinked → Yeniseian languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Dené–Yeniseian languages

this entity surface form: Yeniseian

Dené–Yeniseian languages (proposed) → relatedTo → Yeniseian languages ⓘ

subject surface form: Dené–Yeniseian languages