Endangered Languages Project

Former language of the village of Sireniki and several smaller villages to the west of Sireniki along the south-eastern coast of Chukotka.

Alias		Sirenik, Old Sirenik,
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Eskimo-Aleut, Eskimo
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 69-3
SPRACHENCODE		ysr
VARIANTEN & DIALEKTE		Sireniki Imtuk
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche
WEITERE KOMMENTARE		Sirenikski represents a third branch of the Eskimo language family, coordinate to Yupik and Inuit.

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

The language is no longer spoken.

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT

Speakers shifted to Siberian Yupik in the mid-20th century but still maintain a distinct identity as Sirenikski.

ORTE: Sirenik, Imtuk, and several smaller villages along southeastern coast of Chukotka

Sirenikski