Nanaic languages

Tungusic language subgroup
Nanaic
Central-Western Tungusic
Geographic
distribution
Manchuria, Sakhalin
Linguistic classificationTungusic
  • Southern
    • Nanaic
Proto-languageProto-Nanaic
Subdivisions
  • Nanai
  • Ulch
  • Orok
Glottologorok1264

The Nanaic languages form a subgroup of Tungusic languages of Far East Russia and northeastern China.[1]

Languages

Languages and dialects (in italics) are:[2]

  • Nanaic
    • Nanai – diverse, may be separate languages
      • Hezhe (Heilongjiang)
      • Najkhin Nanai (Middle-Lower Amur)
      • Kur-Urmi Nanai (Khabarovsk)
      • Bikin Nanai (Ussuri)
    • Ulch
    • Orok

References

  1. ^ Hölzl, Andreas; Payne, Thomas E. (2022). Tungusic languages: past and present. Berlin. ISBN 978-3-96110-395-9. OCLC 1356978751.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ Robbeets, Martine; Oskolskaya, Sofia (2022). "Proto-Tungusic in time and space". In Hölzl, Andreas; Payne, Thomas E. (eds.). Tungusic languages: past and present. Berlin. pp. 263–294. ISBN 978-3-96110-395-9. OCLC 1356978751.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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