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Evenki speaker and ethnic population in the 2021 census
Aleksandr Natarov, Mon, 2023-02-06 13:30
Regarding:
PopulationISO 639-3:
evnThe 2021 census registered 5,830 speakers of the language and 39,420 ethnic Evenki in the Russian Federation.
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Khamnigan Mongol
Matthew Dryer, Mon, 2022-08-08 10:42
Regarding:
ClassificationISO 639-3:
evnA search for "Khamnigan Mongol" in Ethnologue leads to Evenki. But although Khamnigan Evenki is Evenki (a Tungus language), Khamnigan Mongol is a Mongolic language. See
Janhunen, Juha. (2003) Khamnigan Mongol. In Juha Janhunen (ed.), The Mongolic Languages (Routledge Family Series), 83-101. London & New York: Routledge.
where it says
Khamnigan Mongol is the Mongolic language spoken by the population known as the Khamnigan or the ‘Horse Tungus’ (also ‘Equestrian Tungus’ or ‘Steppe Tungus’) of Transbaikalia.
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