ISO 639-3 · nivniv
unclassified
Nivkh
Nivkh is a language, spoken in Russia and Japan. Wikidata counts about 198 speakers (2010). Wikidata describes it as “Palaeosiberian languages spoken in Eastern Siberia and Sakhaline”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
niv- Glottocode
gily1242- Family
- unclassified
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 51 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
2scripts
—levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Nivkh |
|---|---|
| Also called | Gilyak, Amuric |
| All speakers | 198 (2010) |
| Written in | Cyrillic, Nivkh alphabet |
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 levelwhere 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
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