noun
or yu·ka·gir |yükə|gi(ə)r
( plural yukaghir or yukaghirs or yukagir or yukagirs )
Usage: usually capitalized
1.
a. : a group of formerly strong mongoloid peoples of northeastern Siberia surviving along the southern tributaries of the Kolyma river above Verkhne Kolymsk and having a culture of the Tungus type
b. : a member of any of such peoples
2.
a. : the language of the Yukaghir people
b. : a family of languages of which only Yukaghir is still extant or well-known — see paleosiberian