Kott language

Kott
Native to	Russia
Extinct	19th Century
Language family	Dené–Yeniseian? Yeniseian Southern Yeniseian Kott–Assan Kott
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`zko`
Linguist list	`zko`
Glottolog	`kott1239`^[1]

The Kott (Kot) language (Russian: Коттский язык) is an extinct Yeniseian language that was formerly spoken in central Siberia by the banks of Mana River, a tributary of the Yenisei river. It became extinct in the 1850s. Some linguists believe the Assan language was a dialect of Kott. Kott was closely related to Ket, still spoken farther north along the Yenisei river.

In 1858, Matthias Castrén published the grammar and dictionary (Versuch einer jenissei-ostjakischen und kottischen Sprachlehre), which included material on the Kott and Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) languages.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Kott". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

External links

Kott basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

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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