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Evenki

Evenki

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A language spoken by an indigenous people in eastern Siberia and northern Mongolia
  • noun
: idioma evenki
  • She is conducting research on the Evenki language and its unique grammatical features.

Examples

  • Linguists have published a new Evenki dictionary to help preserve the language.

  • The Evenki language is endangered due to modernization.

  • Many words in Evenki have no direct equivalent in Russian or English.

  • The Evenki language is rich in vocabulary related to nature.

  • Linguists have published a new Evenki dictionary to help preserve the language.

  • Many words in Evenki have no direct equivalent in Russian or English.

  • The Evenki language is rich in vocabulary related to nature.

Synonyms

Evenki language
vsEvenki
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A language spoken by the Evenki people in eastern Siberia

is the shorter name form without that extra noun
Ewenki language
vsEvenki
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A language spoken by the Evenki people in eastern Siberia

is the standard spelling presented without the extra noun
Ewenki
vsEvenki
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A language spoken by native people in eastern Siberia and parts of China

is the same name in the other spelling
Tunguz language
vsEvenki
  • Specialized
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A language spoken by the Evenki people in eastern Siberia

is the same language name but in the other transliteration
Tungus language
vsEvenki
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A language spoken by the Evenki people in eastern Siberia

is the same language referred to by the other name variant
Tungus
vsEvenki
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A language spoken by the Evenki people in eastern Siberia

is the same name given in the fuller form with the noun

Compounds

A language spoken by the Evenki people in eastern Siberia

Surface Forms

Evenki singular
Evenkis plural

Etymology

Evenki is also the name of the language spoken by those people. Like 'English', the word names both the people and their language, so Evenki refers to the language of the Evenki people in eastern Siberia.