Chuvan language

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Chuvan
Native toRussia
RegionAnadyr River basin of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
EthnicityChuvans
Extinct18th century or earlier[1]
Yukaghir
  • Eastern Yukaghir?
    • Chuvan
Language codes
ISO 639-3xcv
xcv
Glottologchuv1256
Pre-contact distribution of Chuvan (red) and other Yukaghir languages

Chuvan (

Anadyr River (near Chuvanskoye), spoken by Chuvans. The translations of 22 sentences, recorded in 1781 by I. Benzig, and 210 words written by Fyodor Matyushkin in 1821 have been preserved.[3]

References

  1. the Linguist List
  2. ^ Tailleur O. G., Le dialecte tchouvane du youkaghir, "Ural-Altaische Jahrbücher", Wiesbaden, 1962, Bd 34.
  3. ^ Matyushkin FF, Collection of the words of the Chuvansky and Omok languages, in: Vrangel F.P., Journey through the northern shores of Siberia and along the Arctic Ocean, accomplished in 1820-1824, Part 2, Additions, St. Petersburg, 1841 ;