Odul aruu

Kolyma Yukaghir

Yukaghir

FamilyYukaghir Speakers~30 fluent ScriptCyrillic CountriesRussia Official inRussia (Sakha Republic — local, areas of compact residence) Vitalitycritically endangered ISO 639-3yux

Kolyma Yukaghir (Forest Yukaghir, autonymously Odul aruu) is one of two surviving members of the Yukaghir family of northeast Siberia, sister to Tundra Yukaghir (ykg). Both languages were once part of a larger Yukaghir-language continuum across the Russian Arctic, but the family has been reduced to ~30-50 fluent speakers per branch, concentrated in Nelemnoye village (Kolyma) and Andryushkino (Tundra). Linguistically, Kolyma Yukaghir preserves the Yukaghir typological pattern of focus marking on verbs, complex case system (~9 cases), and rich evidentiality. The 2010 census recorded 1,597 ethnic Kolyma Yukaghir but most are bilingual or L2 in Russian. UNESCO classifies critically endangered.

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87 core words in Kolyma Yukaghir

Water

оожии

oːʒiː

Fire

ло́чил

ˈlotʃil

Sun

йэльоодьо

jeʎoːdʒə

Moon

киндьэ

kindʲe

Star

—

—

Night

эмил

emil

Rain

тибо

tibo

Snow

пукөльэ

pukøʎə

Wind

ильэйэ

iʎejə

Earth

лэбиэ

lebie

Stone

шөйль

ʃøjʎ

Mountain

пиэ

pie

Sea

чобул

tʃobul

Mother

эмэй

emej

Father

эчиэ

etʃiə

I

мэт

met

You

тэт

tet

We

мит

mit

Name

ню

ɲuː

Person

шоромо

ʃoromə

Head

йоо

joː

Eye

ӈөбур

ŋøbur

Ear

унэмэ

unemə

Nose

йоҕул

joχul

Mouth

аҥа

aŋa

Tooth

тоди

todiː

Tongue

онор

onor

Hand

нугэн

nuɡen

Foot

нойл

nojl

Heart

шубэжэ

ʃubeʒe

Bone

амун

ɑmun

Blood

лэпул

lepul

Love

анурэ

anurə

Tree

шаал

ʃɑːl

Dog

таҥжэ

taŋʒe

Cat

кошка

koʂka

Fish

анил

ɑnil

Bird

нодо

nodo

Butterfly

дооҕул

doːχul

Bear

мээмээ

meːmeː

Horse

йахад аачэ

jaqad aːtʃe

House

нумэ

nume

Milk

ибишии

ibiʃiː

Iron

лудул

ludul

Eat

чидиргэ-

tʃidirɣe

Drink

ӧгэйи-

øɡejii

One

иркэ

irke

Two

атахун

ataːqun

Three

йалоой

jaːloːj

Hello

льуоркэн

ʎuorken

Thank you

пасьпе

pasʲpe

Good

амлур

amlur

New

илльэ

iʎʎə

Red

кэйлэньи

kejləɲi

White

пойнэй

pojnəj

Green

дьэльооноҥоой

dʒeʎoːnoŋoːj

Sources

Words compared

Compared with languages in the same classification: Yukaghir

Meaning Kolyma YukaghirTundra YukaghirKildin SámiSlovenianSkolt SámiMarathiMasaaba
Water оожии /oːʒiː/ лавйэ /lawje/ ча̄дзь /tʃaːdz/ voda /ˈʋɔːda/ čääʹcc /tʃæːtsʲː/ पाणी /paːɳiː/ kamaatsi /kamaːtsi/
Fire ло́чил /ˈlotʃil/ лачил /latʃil/ то̄лл /toːlː/ ogenj /ˈɔːɡən/ toll /tolː/ आग /aːɡ/ kamulilo /kamulilo/
Sun йэльоодьо /jeʎoːdʒə/ йэрпэйэ /jerpeje/ пе̄ййв /peːjjv/ sonce /ˈsoːntsɛ/ peeiʹvv /peːjvʲː/ सूर्य /suːɾjə/ suuba /suːba/
Moon киндьэ /kindʲe/ киндьэ /kindʲe/ ма̄нн /maːnn/ luna /ˈluːna/ mään /mæːn/ चंद्र /tʃəndɾə/ umweesi /umweːsi/
Star — /—/ паӻадьиидэкуу /paʁadʲiːdekuː/ та̄ссьт /taːɕːt/ zvezda /ˈzʋeːzda/ täʹsnn /tasʲnːʲɘ/ तारा /taːɾaː/ kumunyeenye /kumuɲeːɲe/
Night эмил /emil/ чиӈичэл /tʃiŋitʃel/ ыйй /ɨjː/ noč /noːtʃ/ inn /inːɐ/ रात्र /ɾaːtɾə/ busilo /busilo/
Rain тибо /tibo/ тивэ /tiwe/ аббьр /abːr/ dež /dəʃ/ âʹbrr /ɐbʲrːʲɘ/ पाऊस /paːus/ ifula /ifula/
Snow пукөльэ /pukøʎə/ эримэ /erime/ вэ̄дз /veːdz/ sneg /sneːk/ muõtt /muɔtt/ बर्फ /bəɾpʰə/ —
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