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Uralic–Yukaghir, also known as Uralo-Yukaghir, is a proposed language family composed of Uralic and Yukaghir. Uralic is a large and diverse family of languages spoken in northern and eastern Europe and northwestern Siberia. Among the better-known Uralic languages are Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian.
The Uralic languages (/ j ʊəˈr æ l ɪ k / yoor-AL-ik; by some called Uralian languages / j ʊəˈr eɪ l i ə n / yoor-AY-lee-ən) form a language family of 42 languages spoken predominantly in Europe and North Asia.
Uralic–Yukaghir; Otherwise one of the world's primary language families. The Yukaghir languages ( / ˈjuːkəɡɪər / YOO-kə-geer or / juːkəˈɡɪər / yoo-kə-GEER; also Yukagir, Jukagir) are a small family of two closely related languages— Tundra and Kolyma Yukaghir —spoken by the Yukaghir in the Russian Far East living in the basin ...
Uralic languages are spoken by about 25 million people. The main Uralic languages in number of speakers are Hungarian (12-13 million), Finnish (5.4 million) and Estonian (1.1 million), that are also national and official languages of sovereign states.
The relationship of the Yukaghir languages with other language families is uncertain, though it has been suggested that they are distantly related to the Uralic languages, thus forming the putative Uralic–Yukaghir language family.
Yukaghir is spoken in two mutually unintelligible varieties in the lower Kolyma and Indigirka valleys. Other languages, including Chuvan, spoken further inland and further east, are now extinct. Yukaghir is held by some to be related to the Uralic languages.
Apr 10, 2024 · Uralic languages, family of more than 20 related languages, all descended from a Proto-Uralic language that existed 7,000 to 10,000 years ago. At its earliest stages, Uralic most probably included the ancestors of the Yukaghir language. The Uralic languages are spoken by more than 25 million people.
