The Evenk language (Evenki language) (SIL: EVN, ISO 639-2: tut) is the largest of the northern group of the Manchu-Tungus languages, a group which also includes the Even and Negidal languages.
The basic vocabulary has much in common with the Mongolian and the Turkic languages, indicating a close relation. In certain areas the influences of the Yakut and the Buryat languages are strong. The influence of Russian is general and overwhelming (in 1979, 75.2 % of the Evenk were fluent in Russian). The Evenk language varies considerably and is divided into three large dialect groups: the northern, the southern and the eastern dialect. These are further divided into minor dialects. The written language was created in the late 1920s.
The Evenklanguage (Evenkilanguage) (SIL: EVN, ISO 639-2: tut) is the largest of the northern group of the Manchu-Tungus languages, a group which also includes the Even and Negidal languages.
In certain areas the influences of the Yakut and the Buryat languages are strong.
The Evenklanguage varies considerably and is divided into three large dialect groups: the northern, the southern and the eastern dialect.
Tungusic languages (or Manchu-Tungus languages) are spoken in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria.
Jurchen - an extinct language of Jin dynasty.
The Tungusic languages are of an agglutinative morphological type, and some of them have complex case systems and elaborate patterns of tense and aspect marking.
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