Arin is an extinct Yeniseian language formerly spoken in Russia along the Yenisei River, predominantly on its left shore, between Yeniseysk and Krasnoyarsk,[1] north of the Minusinsk region. It became extinct in the 18th century.[1] It is classified as belonging to the Arinic branch, being its only attested language.[2]
| Arin | |
|---|---|
| Ar Ara | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Yenisei River |
| Ethnicity | Arin people |
| Extinct | 18th century |
Dené–Yeniseian?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xrn |
xrn | |
| Glottolog | arin1243 |
 Map of pre-contact Yeniseian languages. | |
Hydronyms assocated with Arin have the suffixes -set and -sat (meaning "river") and -kul' (meaning "water"). These hydronyms, along with Khanty folklore telling of an eastern people known as the ar-jäx "Ar people", indicate that Arin may have once been spread out as far west as the Ob.[1][2]
It is believed that the term Ar or Ara was used by speakers of Arin to refer to themselves.
The closest known relative of Arin, Pumpokol, has been suggested to be similar to the language of the ruling elite of the Xiongnu,[3] as well as that of the Jie ruling class of the Later Zhao dynasty.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Georg, Stefan (2007). A Descriptive Grammar of Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak). Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental. ISBN 978-1-901903-58-4.
- ^ a b Vajda, Edward (2024-02-19), Vajda, Edward (ed.), "8 The Yeniseian language family", The Languages and Linguistics of Northern Asia, De Gruyter, pp. 365–480, doi:10.1515/9783110556216-008, ISBN 978-3-11-055621-6, retrieved 2024-06-26
- ^ Vovin, Alexander (2000). "Did the Xiong-nu Speak a Yeniseian Language?". Central Asiatic Journal. 44 (1): 87–104. ISSN 0008-9192.
- ^ VOVIN, Alexander; VAJDA, Edward; DE LA VAISSIÈRE, Étienne (2016). "Who were the *Kjet and What Language did they Speak?". Journal Asiatique (1): 125–144. doi:10.2143/JA.304.1.3146838. ISSN 1783-1504.
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