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Nanaic languages

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The Nanaic languages form the southern branch of the Tungusic family, spoken across Manchuria and Sakhalin in Far East Russia and northeastern China. The group comprises Nanai, with its Hezhe, Najkhin, Kur-Urmi and Bikin dialects, along with the closely related Ulch and Orok languages.

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Classification Confidence
Established 1
Reconstructed Ancestor
Reconstructed 2
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Number of Languages
3 1
Region
Far East Russia and northeastern China 2
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The Nanaic languages form a subgroup of Tungusic languages of Far East Russia and northeastern China.

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The Nanaic languages form a subgroup of Tungusic languages of Far East Russia and northeastern China.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Central-Western Tungusic (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 3
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Nanaic languages, Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    The Nanaic languages form a subgroup of Tungusic languages of Far East Russia and northeastern China.
  • Infobox: protoname
    Proto-Nanaic
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