- Yugh people
Yugh people (pronounced "yook"; often written Yug) were part of an indigenous group believed to be survivors of an ancient people who originally lived throughout central
Siberia . The Yugh people lived along theYenisei River fromYeniseisk to the mouth of the Dupches River.cite web
url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=yuu
title=Yugh
publisher= Ethnologue.com
accessdate=2006-10-27 ]Recent history
Previously the Yughs were considered part of the northern group of
Ket people , but in the 1960's the Yugh were distinguished from the Ket, having their own distinct, although relatedYugh language and customs. By the late 1980's the Yugh people, along with their language, had disappeared as a separate ethnic group. By the early 1990's the Yugh language was considered extinct, as only two or three non-fluent Yugh language speakers remained. The Yugh people and their extinct relatives are referred to as "Yeniseians" by linguists and ethnographers. [cite web
last=Vajda
first=Edward J.
url=http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/vajda/ea210/ket.htm
title=The Ket and Other Yeniseian Peoples
publisher=
accessdate=2006-10-27 ]In 1991 the ethnic population consisted of 10 to 15 individuals in the
Turukhan Region of theKrasnoyarsk Krai at the Vorogovo settlement.Notes
References
*Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) "Ethnologue: Languages of the World", Fifteenth edition SIL International, Dallas, Tex.: 2005 ISBN 1-55671-159-X.
*Vajda, Edward J., Yeniseian Peoples and Languages : A History of Yeniseian Studies with an Annotated Bibliography and a Source Guide, Curzon Press: 2002 ISBN 0-7007-1290-9.External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=yuu Ethnologue: Yugh]
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