Bulatova N., Grenoble L. Evenki

München, Lincom Europa, 1999. — 64 p. — ISBN: 3-89586-222-3Evenki is spoken in regions with heavy multilingualism. In their daily life the people come into contact with Russian, Buriat and Yakut, and each of these languages has had an impact on the Evenki language. Russian is the lingua franca of the region, while the use of Buriat and Yakut varies with the local population. Accordingly, part of the Evenki population is bilingual, and part trilingual. All Evenki know Russian relatively well, with the exception of some individual elderly Evenki. There is widespread loss of Evenki, and the language can be considered seriously endangered. For example, many Evenki living in Yakutia have taken on Yakut as a second language, with Russian as their primary language, and have completely lost Evenki. The same is true of Evenki living in Buriatia. For a discussion of the impact of Yakut on Evenki phonetics, morphology and lexicon, see Myreeva et al. (1975). For an overview of Evenki impact on Russian lexicon of Siberia, see Anikin (1990).