Pumpokol language

Pumpokol
Gebèng-ai
Native toRussia
RegionYenisey
EthnicityPumpokols
Extinct1740
Language codes
ISO 639-3xpm
xpm
Glottologpump1237
The historical, pre-contact range of Pumpokol.

Pumpokol (Pumpokol: gebeŋ-aj) is one of the Yeniseian languages, formerly spoken by the Pumpokol people (Gebéŋ). It has been extinct since the 18th century. It shares many features with the ancient Xiongnu and Jie languages, and according to Alexander Vovin, Edward Vajda, and Étienne de la Vaissière, is closely related to them. It is poorly attested, the only available lexicon amounting to about 65 words, and some of them have been identified as being Yugh, not Pumpokol.