ISO 639-3 · ketket
Yeniseian family
Ket
Ket is a language of the Yeniseian branch, spoken in Russia. Wikidata counts about 150 speakers (2000). Wikidata describes it as “language isolate in Siberia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ket- Glottocode
kett1243- Family
- Yeniseian
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 52 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Ket |
|---|---|
| Also called | Yenisei Ostyak language, Yenisey-Ostyak, Ket language |
| All speakers | 150 (2000) |
| Written in | Cyrillic |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
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 Yeniseian to Ket
The branches above Ket, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
3YeniseianfamilyketKetlanguage
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Russia
deuGermanIndo-European · 135 m1 · NationalrusRussianIndo-European · 110 m1 · NationalkorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalfasFarsiIndo-European · 70 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalazjNorth AzerbaijaniTurkic · 9.2 m1 · NationalbulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · NationalbelBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · National