Yukaghir, Southern
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A language of Russian Federation
Alternate Names
Forest Yukagir, Jukagir, Kolym, Kolyma, Kolyma Yukaghir, Odul, Southern Yukagir, Yukagir
Location
Magadan province: upper Kolyma county, Nelemnoye and Zyryanka.
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Language Status
8a (Moribund).
Typology
SOV; postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives before noun heads; question word not initial or final; 2 prefixes, 6 suffixes; focus is preverbal, subjects and topics tend to be initial; affixes indicate case of noun phrases; person and number of subject is obligatory; split intransitivity: intransitive subjects encode as transitive when nonfocus, focus marked the same for intransitive subjects and direct objects, and only for those; otherwise accusative; resultative; reflexive; reciprocal; causative; comparative; CV, CVCCVV; nontonal.
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Dictionary. Grammar.


Christian, traditional religion.