Northern Tungusic languages

Northern Tungusic languages
Northern Tungusic
Geographic
distribution:
Russia, People's Republic of China
Linguistic classification: Tungusic
  • Northern Tungusic
Subdivisions:

The Northern Tungusic languages belong to the Tungusic family and are spoken in far eastern Russia and northeastern China.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.

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