Yukaghir

noun

Yu·​ka·​ghir

variants or Yukagir

¦yükə¦ gi(ə)r

plural Yukaghir or Yukaghirs or Yukagir or Yukagirs

1

a

: a group of formerly populous peoples of northeastern Siberia surviving along the southern tributaries of the Kolyma river above Verkhne Kolymsk and having a culture of the Tungus type

b

: a member of any of such peoples

2

a

: the language of the Yukaghir people

b

: a family of languages of which only Yukaghir is still extant or well-known see paleosiberian

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