Northern Selkup language
| Northern Selkup | |
|---|---|
| шöйӄумый эты šöľqumyt əty | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsky Krai |
| Ethnicity | northern Selkups (ʃølʲqup) |
Native speakers | 600 (2019–2024) |
| Cyrillic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
1oo | |
| Glottolog | tazz1244 |
| ELP | Northern Selkup |
Distribution of Selkup dialects | |
Northern Selkup is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Northern Selkup is a variety of Selkup spoken in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Krasnoyarsk Krai in Russia, by about 600 people. Despite institutional support and grassroots activism, its future "appears gloomy". Some villages have parents transmitting it to their children, but not most.