Nanaic languages explained

Nanaic
Also Known As:	Central-Western Tungusic
Region:	Manchuria, Sakhalin
Familycolor:	Altaic
Fam1:	Tungusic
Fam2:	Southern
Child1:	Nanai
Child2:	Ulch
Child3:	Orok
Glotto:	orok1264
Glottorefname:	Central-Western Tungusic
Protoname:	Proto-Nanaic

The Nanaic languages form a subgroup of Tungusic languages of Far East Russia and northeastern China.^[1]

Languages

Languages and dialects (in italics) are:^[2]

• Nanaic
  • Nanai – diverse, may be separate languages
    • Hezhe (Heilongjiang)
    • Najkhin Nanai (Middle-Lower Amur)
    • Kur-Urmi Nanai (Khabarovsk)
    • Bikin Nanai (Ussuri)
  • Ulch
  • Orok

Notes and References

1. Book: Hölzl, Andreas . Payne . Thomas E. . Tungusic languages: past and present . Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-96110-395-9 . 1356978751.
2. Book: Robbeets, Martine . Sofia . Oskolskaya . Proto-Tungusic in time and space . Hölzl . Andreas . Payne . Thomas E. . Tungusic languages: past and present . Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-96110-395-9 . 1356978751 . 263–294.