Meanings
- uncountableSynonym of Sirenik.
It's amazing that they have survived through so much change when other Eskimo-Aleut languages of the far eastern border of the Russian Federation on the Chukchi Peninsula have not, among them the more closely related Central Siberian dialect of Sirenikskiy, for example.
c. 2015, “The Siberian Yuits: a Russian People”, in Language Connections, Boston, archived from the original on 05 Aug 20161 more example
In 1992 only two native speakers of the language of Sireniki dialect of Eskimo representing the old generation were registered in Sireniki village (Chukotskiy Autonomous District, Russia). In 1997 the last native speaker of Sirenikskiy language died (according to the data of N.B. Vakhtin).
2005, “Asian Eskimo Language”, in O.A. Povoroznyuk, transl., Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia, Moscow: IEA RAS, archived from the original on 03 May 2006Synonyms: Sirenik
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Sirenik.
Origin
- Russianсиреникский
- EnglishSirenikskiy
Borrowed from Russian сиреникский (sirenikskij).
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