Kott language
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| Kott | ||
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| Spoken in: | Russia | |
| Language extinction: | 19th Century | |
| Language family: | Dené-Yeniseian Yeniseian Southern Yeniseian Kott-Assan Kott |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | – | |
| ISO 639-3: | zko | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
The Kott language (Russian: Коттский язык) is an extinct Yeniseian language that was formerly spoken in central Siberia by the banks of Mana River, a tributary of the Yenisei river. It became extinct in the 1850s. Some linguists believe the Assan language was a dialect of Kott. Kott was closely related to Ket, still spoken farther north along the Yenisei river.
In 1858, Matthias Castrén published the grammar and dictionary (Versuch einer jenissei-ostjakischen and kottischen Sprachlehre), which included material on the Kott and Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) languages.
