Evenki language

Evenki language

Infobox Language
name=Evenki
nativename=Эвэнки "Evenki"
states=China, Mongolia, Russia
region=Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang in China; Selenge Province in Mongolia; Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia
speakers=29,000
iso2=tut
iso3=evn
familycolor=Altaic
fam1=Altaic [Gordon, 2005 ( [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90009 Altaic] )] (controversial)
fam2=Tungusic
fam3=Northern
fam4=Evenki

Evenki (also known as Ewenki, Ewenke, Owenke, Solon, Suolun) is the largest member of the northern group of Tungusic languages, a group which also includes the Even and Negidal languages. It is spoken by Evenks in Russia, Mongolia, and People's Republic of China.

Description

In certain areas the influences of the Yakut and the Buryat languages are particularly strong. The influence of Russian in general is overwhelming (in 1979, 75.2 % of the Evenkis spoke Russian, rising to 92.7% in 2002). The Evenki language varies considerably among its dialects which are divided into three large groups: the northern, the southern and the eastern dialects. These are further divided into minor dialects. The written language for Evenkis in then the USSR, based on the Latin alphabet, was created in 1931, and since 1937 it was based on Cyrillic alphabet. [Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, [http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/bse/article/00092/06700.htm Entry on Evenki language] ] In China, Evenki is written in the Mongolian alphabet. [http://www.indiana.edu/~ceus/u520-evenki-grammar-kara.html]

Orthography

The Cyrillic script is used by Evenks living in Russia.

Bibliography

*cite book|last=Myreeva|first=A.N.|year=2004|title=Evenkis. Evenki-Russian Dictionary. 30,000 words.|location=Novosibirsk|publisher=Nauka|language=Russian

Notes

References

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=evn Ethnologue entry for Evenki]
*Bulatova, Nadezhda & Grenoble, Lenore. 1999. "Evenki", Lincom Europa, Munich, ISBN 3895862223
*Nedjalkov, Igor. 1997. "Evenki", Routledge, London, ISBN 0415026407
*cite book|last=Chaoke|first=D.O.|coauthors=Toshiro Tsumumugari, S. Kazama|year=1991|title=ソロン語基本例文集 [Solon Basic Sentences] |location=Sapporo|publisher=Faculty of Letters, Hokkaido University
*cite paper|author=Matsumoto Ryou|title=On the Dialects of the Evenki Language (Tungus)|date=July 2006|url=http://www.gengo.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/enshu_abstr06e.html
*cite paper|author=Cincius, V.I.|title= The Solon language (Солонский язык)|url=http://languageserver.uni-graz.at/ls/art?id=771


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