Amur Nivkh
Facts
- Language: Amur Nivkh
- Alternate names: Nivx, Gilyak, амурский нивхский язык, Nivukhi, Ghilyak, Ghiliak, Gelyak, Giriyaaku, Нивхгу диф, Ньиғвӈгун, гиляцкий язык
- Language code: 1ot
- Language family:
Nivkh
(SIL classification)
- Number of speakers: <500
- Vulnerability: Endangered
- Script:
More information:
Nivkh is often regarded as an isolate, but, like Ainu, it may also be viewed as a small family, comprising two closely related, but mutually unintelligible, languages; attempts to demonstrate the existence of a genetic connection between Nivkh and other families have not given generally accepted results.