The Kott (Kot) language (russian: Коттский язык) is an extinct Yeniseian language that was formerly spoken in central

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by the banks of

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, a tributary of the

Yenisei river The Yenisey (russian: Енисе́й, ''Yeniséy''; mn, Горлог мөрөн, ''Gorlog mörön''; Buryat: Горлог мүрэн, ''Gorlog müren''; Tuvan: Улуг-Хем, ''Uluğ-Hem''; Khakas: Ким суғ, ''Kim suğ''; Ket: Ӄук ...

. It became extinct in the 1850s. Kott was closely related to

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, still spoken farther north along the Yenisei river. Assan, a close relative, is sometimes considered a dialect of Kott. In 1858,

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published the grammar and dictionary (''Versuch einer jenissei-ostjakischen und kottischen Sprachlehre''), which included material on the Kott and Ket (Yenisei-Ostyak) languages. There also exists a book made by G.K.Verner "kottskij jazyk" about the Kott language. Падежи

Kott had been influenced by Turkic languages, and had borrowed some words from Turkic languages. For example Kott baktîr- ‘to praise’ comes from Proto-Turkic *paktïr or Kott kolá ‘copper, brass’ comes from Proto-Turkic *kola.

References

External links

Kott basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Extinct languages of Asia Yeniseian languages Languages extinct in the 19th century {{language-stub