Paleosiberian languages

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language family
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Paleo-Siberian_languages
gptkbp:class typological grouping
gptkbp:coinedBy gptkb:Russian_linguists
19th century
gptkbp:describes A grouping of several unrelated languages spoken in Siberia and the Russian Far East.
gptkbp:glottologCode pale1254
gptkbp:hasLanguage gptkb:Chukotko-Kamchatkan_languages
gptkb:Nivkh_language
gptkb:Yukaghir_languages
gptkb:Yeniseian_languages
Ainu language (sometimes included)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Paleosiberian languages
gptkbp:ISO639-3 qfa-psb
gptkbp:languageFamily none (not a genetic family)
gptkbp:notableFeature isolated languages
not a single family
not mutually intelligible
gptkbp:notableLanguage gptkb:Ket
gptkb:Chukchi
gptkb:Yukaghir
gptkb:Itelmen
gptkb:Koryak
gptkb:Nivkh
Indigenous people
gptkbp:notGeneticallyRelated true
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers very few
gptkbp:region gptkb:Russian_Far_East
gptkb:Northeast_Asia
gptkb:Siberia
gptkbp:relatedTo pre-Turkic, pre-Tungusic, pre-Mongolic languages of Siberia
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Russia
gptkb:Russian_Far_East
gptkb:Siberia
gptkbp:status endangered
moribund
most are critically endangered or extinct
gptkbp:usedBy Indigenous peoples of Siberia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Chukotko-Kamchatkan_languages
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6