Tungus
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- The Tungus language has several dialects spoken by different Evenki groups.
Examples
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Researchers traveled to Siberia to record folk tales in Tungus.
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The Tungus language is unique to the Evenki people.
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He is studying endangered languages and recently focused on Tungus.
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Can you speak Tungus fluently?
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Researchers traveled to Siberia to record folk tales in Tungus.
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The Tungus language has several dialects spoken by different Evenki groups.
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He is studying endangered languages and recently focused on Tungus.
Synonyms
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A language spoken by an indigenous people in eastern Siberia and northern Mongolia
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A language spoken by the Evenki people in eastern Siberia
A language spoken by the Evenki people in eastern Siberia
A language spoken by the Evenki people in eastern Siberia
A language spoken by the Evenki people in eastern Siberia
A language spoken by native people in eastern Siberia and parts of China
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tungus comes from a Russian name for the Evenki people that explorers used for their speech, so the word was used to name the Tungusic language spoken in eastern Siberia.