Omok language

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Omok
Native toRussia
RegionYakutia and Magadan Oblast
EthnicityOmoks [ru]
Extinct18th century or earlier[better source needed][1]
Yukaghir
  • Eastern Yukaghir?
    • Omok
Language codes
ISO 639-3omk
omk
Glottologyuka1240
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.[better source needed] A wordlist of Omok, as well as its sister language Chuvan, was recorded in 1821 by Fyodor Matyushkin.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Omok at MultiTree on the Linguist List
  2. ^ Nikolaeva, Irina (2008). "Chuvan and Omok Languages?". Studies in Slavic and General Linguistics. 33: 313–336. ISSN 0169-0124.