ISO 639-3 · eveeve
Tungusic family
Even
Even is a language of the Northern Tungusic branch (Tungusic), spoken in Russia. Wikidata counts about 5,660 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “Tungusic language spoken by the Evens in Siberia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
eve- Glottocode
even1260- Family
- Tungusic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- Wikipedia
- 50 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Even |
|---|---|
| Also called | Lamut, Even language, Orich, Ilqan, Ewen |
| All speakers | 5,660 (2010) |
| Written in | Cyrillic |
| Grammatical cases | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Tungusic to Even
The branches above Even, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Russia
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