Yeniseian is a small language family of central Siberia, historically spoken along the Yenisei River. Its only surviving member is Ket, spoken by a small number of people in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai, while its other documented members, including Kott and Arin, are extinct.
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Partially Attested
Proto-Language StatusPartially reconstructed: proto-forms established for core numerals and basic vocabulary items 1 Proto-forms reconstructed for core numerals and basic vocabulary; no single full-scale published reconstruction cited in the article RegionThe Yenisei River region of central Siberia 1 Speaker Count Sources
1. Wikipedia: Yeniseian Languages
WikipediaLead section, paragraph 1: family location sentence
are a family of languages that are spoken by the Yeniseian people in the Yenisei River region of central Siberia.
Classification section: surviving languages sentence
Only two languages of this family survived into the 20th century: Ket (also known as Imbat Ket), with around 150 speakers, and Yugh (also known as Sym Ket), now extinct.
Basic vocabulary section: reconstruction attempts sentence
The following table exemplifies a few basic vocabulary items as well as the various attempts at reconstructing the proto-forms.
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