Ongkor Solon
Language
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Ongkor Solon, also known as Jungarian,[2] is an extinct Solon dialect or Tungusic language spoken in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China. According to the Glottolog, the dialect is critically endangered and nearly extinct.[3] There are fewer than 20 Ongkor Solon speakers, who also speak other dialects, such as Dagur, Kazakh, Uyghur and Mandarin. Since 1990, only one native speaker has remained, with another native speaker passing away at the age of 79.[4] At the time, the dialect was not taught in schools.[4] The last speaker of Ongkor Solon was a 79-year-old man as of 1990.[4] The dialect was primarily used in private settings. In addition to this speaker, other people have some knowledge of the dialect.[5] According to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger Ongkor Solon has gone extinct.[2]
| Ongkor Solon | |
|---|---|
| Onkor Solon, Jungarian, Sinkiang Solon, Turkestan Solon[1] | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Xinjiang |
| Ethnicity | Ongkor Solons |
| Extinct | 1990s[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | ongk1234 |
| ELP | Ongkor Solon |
Map of the Tungusic languages.
Ongkor Solon | |
 Ongkor Solon is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Classification
Ongkor Solon is a language or dialect derived from Solon which it separated from in 1763 as a diaspora group.[1] Solon itself is a language or dialect of Manchurian Evenki, which is a dialect group of the Evenki language. The latter is also a language of the Ewenic group of Tungusic languages.[3][6]