Ket
Also known as Yenisei Ostyak language, Yenisey-Ostyak, Ket language
language isolate in Siberia
Key facts
- Pronunciation
- /ostɨ̀kanna qaˀ/ , [ɔs˩˧.tɯ˥˩.ɣan.na qaʔ˥˧]
- Native to
- Russia
- Region
- Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Ethnicity
- 1,088 Ket (2021)
- Native speakers
- <30 (2024) , 153 (2020 census)
- Language family
- Yeniseian Ketic Ket
- Dialects
- Northern Central Southern
- Writing system
- Cyrillic
- Recognised minority language in
- Russia Krasnoyarsky Krai Evenkiysky District Turukhansky District
- Iso 639 3
- ket
- Glottolog
- kett1243
- Elp
- Ket
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The Ket (/ˈkɛt/ KET) language, or more specifically Imbak and formerly known as Yenisei Ostyak (/ˈɒstiæk/ OSS-tee-ak), is the sole surviving language of the Yeniseian language family. It is spoken along the middle Yenisei basin by the Ket people.