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Ket

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Also known as Yenisei Ostyak language, Yenisey-Ostyak, Ket language

language isolate in Siberia

Key facts

Pronunciation
/ostɨ̀kanna qaˀ/ , [ɔs˩˧.tɯ˥˩.ɣan.na qaʔ˥˧]
Native to
Russia
Region
Krasnoyarsk Krai
Ethnicity
1,088 Ket (2021)
Native speakers
<30 (2024) , 153 (2020 census)
Language family
Yeniseian Ketic Ket
Dialects
Northern Central Southern
Writing system
Cyrillic
Recognised minority language in
Russia Krasnoyarsky Krai Evenkiysky District Turukhansky District
Iso 639 3
ket
Glottolog
kett1243
Elp
Ket
Linguasphere
43-AAA-a

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Encyclopedic overview

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The Ket (/ˈkɛt/ KET) language, or more specifically Imbak and formerly known as Yenisei Ostyak (/ˈɒstiæk/ OSS-tee-ak), is the sole surviving language of the Yeniseian language family. It is spoken along the middle Yenisei basin by the Ket people.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ket” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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