Also Known As:
Kamassian, камасинский язык, калмажи шəкə, ʒaǯ̕ kall, kamassin kieli, Kamasse
Dialects & Varieties
- Koibal
Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
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Location and Context
Countries
Russia
Location Description
"formerly spoken in the eastern part of the Minusinsk region, in modern Krasnoyarsk Region; the area became gradually restricted to the Kan and Mana river basins and their sources on the northwesternmost slopes of the Eastern Sayan mountains; the last Kamas-speaking community lived in the village of Abalakovo"
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Recent Resources
A description of a language; guide for linguists for sources
Published in Ekaterinburg, 1965 (Вопрос
Kamas, or Kamassian, was originally spoken in Siberia.