Alternate Names: Forest Yukagir, Jukagir, Kolym, Kolyma, Odul, Southern Yukagir, Yukagir
Dialects: None known. Not inherently intelligible of Northern Yukaghir ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 370 (2010 census). Census includes Northern Yukaghir ,. Ethnic population: 1,600. Census includes Southern Yukaghir ,.
Language Use: Home. Fluent speakers are 60 and older. Those over 60 also use Even [eve]. 100% also use Russian [rus]. Those above 35 also use Yakut [sah].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives before noun heads; question word not initial or final; 2 prefixes, 6 suffixes; focus is preverbal, subjects and topics tend to be initial; affixes indicate case of noun phrases; person and number of subject is obligatory; split intransitivity: intransitive subjects encode as transitive when nonfocus, focus marked the same for intransitive subjects and direct objects, and only for those; otherwise accusative; resultative; reflexive; reciprocal; causative; comparative; CV, CVCCVV; nontonal.
Nation of Origin: Russian Federation
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.