Southern Itelmen language

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Southern Kamchadal
Southern Itelmen
Native to	Russia
Region	Kamchatka Peninsula
Ethnicity	Itelmens
Extinct	1900s^[1]
Language family	Chukotko-Kamchatkan Kamchatkan Southern Kamchadal
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`sout3274`
Pre-contact distribution of Southern Itelmen (turquoise) and other Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages

Southern Kamchadal, also known as Southern Itelmen, is an extinct Kamchatkan language of Russia.

References

↑ Kibrik, Aleksandr E. (March 1991). "The Problem of Endangered Languages in the USSR" . Diogenes. 39 (153): 67–83. doi:10.1177/039219219103915305. ISSN 0392-1921.

Paleo-Siberian languages

Chukotko-Kamchatkan

Chukotkan	Alyutor Chukchi Kerek Koryak
Kamchatkan	(Western) Itelmen Eastern Itelmen Southern Itelmen

Yeniseian

Northern	Ket Yugh
Southern	Arin Assan Kott Pumpokol Jie?

Yukaghir

Nivkh

Nivkh

Others

Ainu
- Hokkaido
- Kuril
- Sakhalin
Eskaleut
- Yuit
- Naukan
- Sirenik

Proposed groupings

Italics indicate extinct languages

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