Sirenik (extinct language)
E808037
Sirenik was an extinct Eskimo–Aleut language once spoken in the Chukotka region of Russia, notable for its highly divergent structure and limited mutual intelligibility with neighboring Yupik and Inuit languages.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sirenik | 0 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eskimo–Aleut language
ⓘ
Siberian language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Old Sirenik
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sirenik Eskimo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfEndangerment |
language shift to Russian
ⓘ
language shift to Siberian Yupik ⓘ |
| contactInfluence | influenced by neighboring Chukchi language ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| culturalContext | used in traditional subsistence and maritime culture of Chukotka coast ⓘ |
| documentationStatus |
known mainly from field notes and limited recordings
ⓘ
poorly documented ⓘ |
| endangeredStatusBeforeExtinction | severely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Sirenik Eskimos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionType | language death through shift rather than abrupt loss ⓘ |
| hasRelationTo |
Inuit languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yupik languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Eskimo–Aleut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShift |
speakers shifted to Russian
ⓘ
speakers shifted to Siberian Yupik ⓘ |
| linguisticNote |
sometimes classified as divergent Yupik
ⓘ
sometimes treated as separate branch within Eskimo ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility |
low with Inuit languages
ⓘ
low with neighboring Yupik languages ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Chukchi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Siberian Yupik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | coastal Chukotka ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Russian Far East NERFINISHED ⓘ Sireniki village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Eskimo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typologicalFeature |
complex inflectional system
ⓘ
highly divergent structure within Eskimo–Aleut ⓘ morphologically complex ⓘ polysynthetic ⓘ rich verbal morphology ⓘ significant lexical divergence from neighboring Eskimo languages ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Cyrillic (for limited documentation) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.