Southern Khanty language
| Southern Khanty | |
|---|---|
| хандэ Khande | |
| Native to | Russia (Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast) |
| Region | lower Irtysh |
| Ethnicity | <1,000 southern Khanty |
| Extinct | mid-20th century 56 (2010) |
| Dialects |
|
| unwritten | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
1og | |
kca-sou | |
| Glottolog | sout3226 Southern Khanty |
| ELP | |
Map of Khanty and Mansi varieties in the early 20th century, with Southern Khanty | |
Southern Khanty is a Uralic language, frequently considered a dialect of a unified Khanty language, spoken by 56 people in 2010. It is considered to be extinct, its speakers having shifted starting in the 18th century to Russian or Siberian Tatar, but some speakers of the Kyshikov or Ust-Nazym dialect were found in its former territory. Speakers of Surgut Khanty have moved into the former territory of the Demyanka dialect. It was transitional between the Northern Khanty and Eastern Khanty dialect groups, but it is now a distinct language.