Gruzdeva Ekaterina. Nivkh

Lincom Europa, 1998. — 66 p. — (Languages of the world: Materials 111).Nivkh (otherwise known as Gilyak) is considered genetically isolated, though it is traditionally classified as Paleosiberian. Typologically, Nivkh is an agglutinative synthetic nominative language with elements of morphological fusion and some analytical features. It is the language of a small nationality (4,700 people) presently residing mainly at the lower reaches of the Amur River in the far east on the Asian continent and on Sakhalin Island (Russia). Four dialects of Nivkh are distinguished: Amur, East-Sakhalin, North-Sakhalin and South-Sakhalin. The description is based primarily on the materials of the Amur and East-Sakhalin dialects of Nivkh, the last not well described yet. The sketch contains five sections, two folklore texts (in both examined dialects of Nivkh) with interlinear translation and an ample bibliography.