The Assan language (Russian: Ассанский язык) is a Yeniseian language spoken to the south of Krasnoyarsk in Russia. It went extinct in the 18th century.
| Assan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Krasnoyarsk Krai |
| Ethnicity | Asan people |
| Extinct | 18th century |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xss (retired) |
xss | |
| Glottolog | assa1266 (retired) |
| IETF | xss |
It has been difficult to properly classify the Yeniseian languages into a larger family. It is only recently that a possible link to the Na-Dené languages, a family of Indigenous language of the Americas sopken in Alaska, Western Canada and the southwestern United States, could be found. According to this argument, the Yeniseian and Na-Dené languages form two branches of an ancient family represented on both sides of the Bering Strait: the Dené–Yeniseian languages.[1]
Assan itself was very close to Kott, another extinct Yeniseian language, such that Assan is sometimes represented as a dialect of Kott.[2][3]
Notes and references edit
- ^ Werner, Heinrich (2004). Zur jenissejisch-indianischen Urverwandtschaft (in German). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-04896-5.
- ^ "Glottolog 5.0 - Assan". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
- ^ "2022-010 | ISO 639-3". iso639-3.sil.org. Retrieved 2024-04-22.
Sources edit
- (ru) Г.К. Вернер (Heinrich Werner), Енисейскиe языки, dans Языки Мира, Палеоазиатские Языки, pp. 169-177, Moscou, Izd. Indrik, 1997 ISBN 5-85759-046-9.
- (ru) Г.С. Старостин, К.Ю. Решетников, Кетский сборник. Лингвистика, Moscou, Vostotchnaya Literatura RAN, 1995 ISBN 5-88766-023-6.