ISO 639-3 · evnevn
Tungusic family
Evenki
ᠧᠠᠩᠬᠢ
Evenki is a language of the Northwestern Tungusic branch (Tungusic), spoken in Russia and China. Wikidata counts about 15,800 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “Tungusic language spoken by the Evenks in Siberia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
evn- Glottocode
even1259- Family
- Tungusic
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 61 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
4scripts
3levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Evenki · ᠧᠠᠩᠬᠢ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Evenki language, Solon, Solon language, Tungus, Tungus language |
| All speakers | 15,800 (2010) |
| Written in | Cyrillic, Mongolian, Evenki alphabet, Latin script |
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 levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Tungusic to Evenki
The branches above Evenki, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Russia
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