Even language
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The Even language is a Tungusic
language spoken by the Evens
in Siberia. It is spoken by widely scattered communities of reindeer herders from Kamchatka and the Sea of Okhotsk
in the east to the River Lena
in the west, and from the Arctic coast in the north to the River Aldan
in the south. It is an endangered language
, with only some 7,000 speakers (Russian census, 2002). Dialects are Arman, Indigirka, Kamchatka, Kolyma-Omolon, Okhotsk, Ola, Tompon, Upper Kolyma, Sakkyryr, Lamunkhin.
, whose population descended from Russian-Even intermarriage, the language spoken into the 20th century was a dialect of Russian with a strong Even influence.
Tungusic languages
The Tungusic languages form a language family spoken in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria by Tungusic peoples. Many Tungusic languages are endangered, and the long-term future of the family is uncertain...
language spoken by the Evens
Evens
The Evens or Eveny are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in some of the regions of the Magadan Oblast and Kamchatka Krai and northern parts of Sakha east of the Lena River. According to the 2002 census, there were 19,071 Evens in Russia...
in Siberia. It is spoken by widely scattered communities of reindeer herders from Kamchatka and the Sea of Okhotsk
Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, lying between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaidō to the far south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast along the west and...
in the east to the River Lena
Lena River
The Lena is the easternmost of the three great Siberian rivers that flow into the Arctic Ocean . It is the 11th longest river in the world and has the 9th largest watershed...
in the west, and from the Arctic coast in the north to the River Aldan
Aldan
Aldan may refer to:In Russia*Aldan, Russia, a town in the Sakha Republic**Aldan Airport serving the town*Aldan River, a river in the Sakha RepublicIn the United States*Aldan, Pennsylvania, in Delaware County...
in the south. It is an endangered language
Endangered language
An endangered language is a language that is at risk of falling out of use. If it loses all its native speakers, it becomes a dead language. If eventually no one speaks the language at all it becomes an "extinct language"....
, with only some 7,000 speakers (Russian census, 2002). Dialects are Arman, Indigirka, Kamchatka, Kolyma-Omolon, Okhotsk, Ola, Tompon, Upper Kolyma, Sakkyryr, Lamunkhin.
Language contact
In some remote Arctic villages, such as Russkoye UstyeRusskoye Ustye
Russkoye Ustye is a village in Allaikhovsky Ulus of the Sakha Republic, Russia. For several decades during the Soviet era, the village was officially called Polyarny ....
, whose population descended from Russian-Even intermarriage, the language spoken into the 20th century was a dialect of Russian with a strong Even influence.
Orthography
| А а | Ӑ ӑ | Б б | В в | Г г | Д д | Е е | Ё ё | |
| Ж ж | З з | И и | Й й | К к | Л л | М м | Н н | |
| О о | Ө ө | Ӫ ӫ | П п | Р р | С с | |||
| Т т | У у | Ф ф | Х х | Ц ц | Ч ч | Ш ш | Щ щ | |
| Ъ ъ | Ы ы | Ь ь | Э э | Ю ю | Я я |