Ket language
E917430
The Ket language is a critically endangered Yeniseian language of central Siberia, spoken by the Ket people along the Yenisei River and notable for its complex morphology and debated genetic links to Na-Dene languages of North America.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Yeniseian language
ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ natural language ⓘ |
| country |
Russia
ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Federation
|
| endangermentStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ket people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottocode | kett1243 ⓘ |
| hasAlignment | nominative–accusative ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Ket’
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yenisei Ostyak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBorrowingsFrom | Russian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | developed case marking ⓘ |
| hasCommunityEfforts | limited revitalization activities ⓘ |
| hasContact | Russian language GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation |
grammars and dictionaries
ⓘ
text collections ⓘ |
| hasGeneticRelation | related to other Yeniseian languages ⓘ |
| hasGeneticRelationHypothesis | linked to Na-Dene languages ⓘ |
| hasGeneticRelationHypothesisStatus |
controversial
ⓘ
not widely accepted consensus ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalStatus | last surviving Yeniseian language ⓘ |
| hasLanguagePolicyContext | Russian Federation minority language policy ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalFeature |
complex verbal morphology
ⓘ
incorporation ⓘ prefixing and suffixing ⓘ |
| hasMorphology | complex ⓘ |
| hasNotableResearcher |
Edward Vajda
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Georgiy Prokofyev NERFINISHED ⓘ Heinrich Werner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPhonologyFeature |
rich consonant inventory
ⓘ
tone or pitch accent ⓘ |
| hasResearchField |
historical linguistics
ⓘ
language contact ⓘ language typology ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticSituation | language shift to Russian ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerPopulation | very small number of fluent speakers ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerTrend | declining ⓘ |
| hasTypology |
agglutinative
ⓘ
polysynthetic ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOStatus | critically endangered ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | SOV-dominant ⓘ |
| iso6393Code | ket ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Yeniseian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Krasnoyarsk Krai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenAlong | Yenisei River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Russia
ⓘ
central Siberia ⓘ |
| usedBy | Ket ethnic minority ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dené–Yeniseian languages