Kamas

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A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639-3
xas
Alternate Names
Kamassian
User Population

No known L1 speakers. The last speaker, Klavdiya Plotnikova, died in 1989.

Location

Krasnoyarsk krai: Abalakovo village, Sayan mountains.

Language Status

10 (Extinct).

Classification
Uralic, Samoyed, Southern Samoyed
Dialects

Kamassian, Koibal (Khoibal).

Language Development

Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Kamas
Other Comments

Originally in Siberia. Different from the Kamassian dialect of Khakas [kjh].