YUKAGHIR


Meaning of YUKAGHIR in English

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

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