Southern Tungusic languages
- Southern Tungusic languages
Infobox Language family
name=Southern Tungusic
region=Russia, People's Republic of China
familycolor=Altaic
fam1=Altaic [Gordon, 2005 ( [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90009 Altaic] )] (controversial)
fam2=Tungusic
child1=Southeast Tungusic group
child2=Southwest Tungusic group
The Southern Tungusic languages belong to the Tungusic family and are spoken in the extreme southeast of Russia (Khabarovsk Krai, Primorsky Krai, and Sakhalin Oblast) and northeastern China. [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]
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References
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=91456 Ethnologue entry for Southern Tungusic languages]
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