Omok language explained

Omok
States:Russia
Region:Yakutia and Magadan Oblast
Era:last attested 1821
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Palaeosiberian
Fam1:Yukaghir
Fam2:Eastern Yukaghir?
Iso3:omk
Glotto:yuka1240
Glottorefname:Malyj Anjuj Omok
Linglist:omk
Map:Yukaghir map.svg
Mapcaption:Pre-contact distribution of Omok (yellow) and other Yukaghir languages

Omok is an extinct Yukaghir language of Siberia, part of a dialect continuum with two surviving languages. It was last spoken perhaps as late as the 18th century. A wordlist of Omok, as well as its sister language Chuvan, was recorded in 1821 by Fyodor Matyushkin.[2]

References

Notes and References

  1. Matyushkin FF, Collection of the words of the Chuvansky and Omok languages, in: Vrangel F.P., Journey through the northern shores of Siberia and along the Arctic Ocean, accomplished in 1820-1824, Part 2, Additions, St. Petersburg, 1841 ;
  2. Nikolaeva . Irina . 2008 . Chuvan and Omok Languages? . Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics . 33 . 313–336 . 0169-0124.