Social:Ongkor Solon

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Short description: Language
Ongkor Solon
Onkor Solon, Jungarian
Native toChina and Kazakhstan
RegionXinjiang
EthnicityOngkor Solons
Extinct1990s[1]
Tungusic
  • Northern
    • Ewenic
      • Evenki group
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologongk1234[2]
File:Langues Toungouses.png
Map of the Tungusic languages.
  Ongkor Solon
Ongkor Solon is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.

Ongkor Solon, also known as Jungarian,[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] At the time, the dialect was not taught in schools.[3] The last speaker of Ongkor Solon was a 79-year-old man as of 1990.[3] The dialect was primarily used in private settings. In addition to this speaker, other people have some knowledge of the dialect.[4] According to the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger Ongkor Solon has gone extinct.[1]

Classification

Ongkor Solon is a language or dialect derived from Solon, which is a language or dialect of Manchurian Evenki, which is a dialect group of the Evenki language. The latter is a language of the Ewenic group of Tungusic languages.[2][5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Atlas of the world's languages in danger". 2010. p. 58. https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000187026. "...the Jungarian variety of Evenki, also known as Ongkor Solon, became extinct in the 1990s" 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds (2017). "Ongkor Solon". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. http://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/ongk1234.  Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Glottolog" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ongkor". https://irp-cdn.multiscreensite.com/5ddddb20/files/uploaded/ongkor.pdf. 
  4. "Ongkor Solon". ELP. https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/elp-context/context-18858-ongkor-solon-source-red-book-endangered-languages-northeast-asia#language-context-menu-anchor. 
  5. Hölzl, Andreas (2018). The Tungusic languages family through the ages:Interdisciplinary perspectives. Tallinn: University of Zurich. https://www.academia.edu/37310323/The_Tungusic_language_family_through_the_ages_Interdisciplinary_perspectives_Introduction. Retrieved 20 May 2026.