Ket
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A language spoken by a native people in central Siberia
- proper noun
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idioma ket
- Researchers traveled to Siberia to record stories in Ket for linguistic preservation.
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The Ket language is considered critically endangered, with only a few hundred speakers remaining.
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The Ket language is unique to Siberia.
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Many young people in the region no longer speak Ket fluently.
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Do you speak Ket?
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The Ket people have a rich cultural history, with their language known as Ket spoken by very few today.
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Linguists are studying the Ket language to preserve its unique characteristics.
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Despite its endangered status, efforts are being made to document the Ket language and its dialects.
Surface Forms
Ket main
Etymology
Ket also names the native language spoken by the Ket people, so Ket can mean both the people and their 'language of the Yenisei'.