ISO 639-3 · selsel
Uralic family
Selkup
Selkup is a language of the Samoyedic branch (Uralic), spoken in Russia. Wikidata counts about 600 speakers (2022). Wikidata describes it as “a branch of Samoyed languages”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
sel- Glottocode
selk1253- Family
- Uralic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Wikipedia
- 52 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
2levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Selkup |
|---|---|
| Also called | Ostyak Samoyed, Selkup language |
| All speakers | 600 (2022) |
| Written in | Cyrillic |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Uralic to Selkup
The branches above Selkup, 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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