Eastern Khanty language

Eastern Khanty
қӑнтәк кӧԯ (ӄӑнтәк кӧԓ) (Surgut dialect)
ḳăntək köł[note 1]
Ӄӑнтәӽ
Native toRussia
RegionKhanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Ethnicity<1,000 eastern Khanty[1]
Native speakers
(<1,000 cited 1993)[2]
Dialects
  • Salym
  • Surgut
  • Vakh-Vasyugan
Cyrillic
Official status
Recognised minority
language in
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug (all Khanty varieties)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
1ok
 kca-eas
Glottologeast2774  Eastern Khanty
ELP
Map of Khanty and Mansi varieties in the early 20th century, with   Eastern Khanty

Eastern Khanty is a Uralic language, frequently considered a dialect of a Khanty language, spoken by about 1,000 people.[2][3][4][5] The majority of these speakers speak the Surgut dialect, as the Vakh-Vasyugan and Salym varieties have been rapidly declining in favor of Russian.[6] The former two have been used as literary languages since the late 20th century, with Surgut being more widely used due to its less isolated location and higher number of speakers.[6]


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  2. ^ a b "Endangered languages in Northeast Asia: report". University of Helsinki. 2019-02-11. Archived from the original on February 11, 2019. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  3. ^ "Вах-васюганский хантыйский язык | Малые языки России". minlang.iling-ran.ru. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  4. ^ "Сургутско-хантыйский язык | Малые языки России". minlang.iling-ran.ru. Retrieved 2024-08-31.
  5. ^ "Хантыйский язык" [Khanty language]. Историческая энциклопедия Сибири (in Russian). Новосибирск. 2009.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ a b Salminen, Tapani (2023). "Demography, endangerment, and revitalization". In Abondolo, Daniel Mario; Valijärvi, Riitta-Liisa (eds.). The Uralic languages. Routledge Language Family (2nd ed.). London New York: Routledge. p. 103. ISBN 978-1-138-65084-8.