Amur Nivkh

[aka Nivx, Gilyak, амурский нивхский язык]

Classification: Nivkh

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severely endangered

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Nivx, Gilyak, амурский нивхский язык, Nivukhi, Ghilyak, Ghiliak, Gelyak, Giriyaaku, Нивхгу диф, Ньиғвӈгун, гиляцкий язык

Nivkh

Cyrillic script

LINGUIST List

1ot

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Nivkh is often regarded as an isolate, but, like Ainu, it may also be viewed as a small family, comprising two closely related, but mutually unintelligible, languages; attempts to demonstrate the existence of a genetic connection between Nivkh and other families have not given generally accepted results.

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