Negidal is a Northern Tungusic language spoken in mainly in the along the Amur River in Khabarovskij Kraj in the Russian Far East. In 2010 there were 74 speakers of Negidal, according to the Russian census. According to some researchers, however, there may be fewer than 10 speakers of Negidal.
Negidal is related closely to Evenki and Even, and is sometimes referred as a dialect of Evenki. The language is also known as El'kan Beye, Elkembey, Ilkan Beye, Neghidal or Negidaly.
There were two dialects of Negidal: Upper Negidal and Lower Negidal. The lower dialect is no longer spoken.
A way of writing Negidal with the Cyrillic alphabet was devised by M. M. Khasanova (М. М. Хасановой) in 1992, and approved by the authorities in the Khabarovskij Kraj in 1993. However it was rarely used. In 2010 a Negidal textbook for primary schools was published. In 2016 the alphabet was revised with the removal of the letter Ө ө and the introduction of Њ њ.
ё, ж, з, ф, ц, ш, щ, ъ, ы, ь and я are only used in Russian loanwords and names.
Download an alphabet chart for Negidal (Excel)
Details of the Negidal alphabet provided by Michael Peter Füstumum
Information about Negidal | Numbers
Information about Negidal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negidal_language
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Негидальский_язык
https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/neg/
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/24760
https://bigenc.ru/linguistics/text/2651761
http://lingsib.iea.ras.ru/en/languages/negidal.shtml
https://www.rbth.com/articles/2010/04/26/the_first_abc_book.html
http://altaica.ru/LIBRARY/tungus/negidal.pdf
Even, Evenki, Negidal, Oroch, Oroqen, Udege
Abaza, Abkhaz, Adyghe, Aghul, Akhvakh, Akkala Sámi, Aleut, Altay, Alyutor, Andi, Archi, Assyrian / Neo-Assyrian, Avar, Azeri, Bagvalal, Balkar, Bashkir, Belarusian, Bezhta, Bosnian, Botlikh, Budukh, Bulgarian, Buryat, Chamalal, Chechen, Chelkan, Chukchi, Chulym, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Dargwa, Daur, Dolgan, Dungan, Enets, Erzya, Even, Evenki, Gagauz, Godoberi, Hinukh, Hunzib, Ingush, Interslavic, Itelmen, Juhuri, Kabardian, Kaitag, Kalderash Romani, Kalmyk, Karaim, Karakalpak, Karata, Karelian, Kazakh, Ket, Khakas, Khanty, Khinalug, Khorasani Turkic, Khwarshi, Kildin Sámi, Komi, Koryak, Krymchak, Kryts, Kubachi, Kumandy, Kumyk, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Lak, Lezgi, Lingua Franca Nova, Ludic, Macedonian, Mansi, Mari, Moksha, Moldovan, Mongolian, Montenegrin, Nanai, Negidal, Nenets, Nganasan, Nivkh, Nogai, Old Church Slavonic, Oroch, Orok, Ossetian, Pontic Greek, Romanian, Rushani, Russian, Rusyn, Rutul, Selkup, Serbian, Shor, Shughni, Siberian Tatar, Sirenik, Slovio, Soyot, Tabassaran, Tajik, Talysh, Tat, Tatar, Teleut, Ter Sámi, Tindi, Tofa, Tsakhur, Tsez, Turkmen, Tuvan, Ubykh, Udege, Udi, Udmurt, Ukrainian, Ulch, Urum, Uyghur, Uzbek, Veps, Votic, Wakhi, West Polesian, Xibe, Yaghnobi, Yakut, Yazghulami, Yukaghir (Northern / Tundra), Yukaghir (Southern / Kolyma), Yupik (Central Siberian)
Languages written with the Latin alphabet
Page last modified: 23.04.21
[top]
Why not share this page:
Learn languages for free on Duolingo
If you like this site and find it useful, you can support it by making a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or by contributing in other ways. Omniglot is how I make my living.
Note: all links on this site to Amazon.com
[top]
Copyright © 1998–2023 Simon Ager | Email: 
| Hosted by Kualo
