Tungusic family

Evenki

c. 1600 CE – today Living

Evenki (c. 1600 CE – today) is a living Tungusic language. Lineage: Proto-Tungusic → Evenki.

See Evenki on the interactive map
Speakers
30K (30,000)
ISO 639-3
evn

Northern Tungusic language spread across Siberia, Mongolia and Inner Mongolia; the most widely dispersed Tungusic language.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Tungusicc. 0 CE – 800 CE
  2. Evenkic. 1600 CE – today

Sister languages 3

Also descended from Proto-Tungusic.

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