Chuvan language

Chuvan
Chuvantsy
Native to	Russia
Region	Yakutia and Magadan Oblast
Ethnicity	Chuvans
Extinct	18th century or earlier^[1]
Language family	Yukaghir Chuvan
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`xcv`
Linguist list	`xcv`
Glottolog	`chuv1256`^[2]

Chuvan (Chuvantsy) is an extinct Yukaghir language of Siberia, part of a dialect continuum with the two surviving languages. It was last spoken perhaps as late as the 18th century.

References

↑ Chuvan at MultiTree on the Linguist List
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Chuvantsy". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Paleo-Siberian languages

Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Chukotkan	Alyutor Chukchi Kerek Koryak

Kamchatkan	(Western) Itelmen Eastern Kamchadal language Southern Kamchadal language

Yeniseian

Northern	Ket Yugh

Southern	Arin Assan Kott Pumpokol

Yukaghir

Other

Ainu
Nivkh

Italics indicate extinct languages

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