Yakut
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A language of Russian Federation
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Sakha, Yakut-Sakha
Autonym
саха тыла (Saxa tıla), сахалыы (saȟalyy)
Population
450,000 (2010 census). Ethnic population: 478,000 (2010 census).
Location
Irkutsk province, Magadan province, and Sakha (Yakutia) republic; Khabarovsk krai and Krasnoyarsk krai; near Arctic Sea, middle Lena river, Aldan and Kolyma rivers, 3,220 km.
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Language Status
2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in Sakha Republic (1993, Constitution, Article 68(2)).
Classification
Dialects
Middlekolymskyi, Olemkinskyi, Vilyiskyi, Dolgan.
Typology
SOV; postpositions; noun head final; no articles; case-marking (7 cases); verb affixes mark person, number; passives; tense and aspect; 21 consonants, 16 vowels, 4 diphthongs; non-tonal; stress on final syllable; vowel harmony.
Language Use
Language Development
Russian used in higher education. Grammar. NT: 1858–2004.
Language Resources
Writing
Cyrillic script [Cyrl].
Christian, traditional religion.