Sirenik

English

The word "Сиӷы́ных", which means "Sirenik" in Sirenik.

Etymology

Transliteration of Sirenik Сиӷы́ных (Siǧýnyh), from сиӷы́ных (siǧýnyh, “horn”), from Proto-Eskimo *ciʀunǝʀ.

Proper noun

Sirenik

1. (linguistics) An extinct Eskimo-Aleut language that was spoken on the Chukotka Peninsula of Russia.

Synonyms

• Sirenik Yupik
• Sireniki Yupik
• Old Sirenik
• Vuteen
• Sirenikskiy

Hypernyms

• (language families) Yupik, Eskimo-Aleut

Translations

Translations

• Sirenik: Сиӷы́ных (Siǧýnyh)

See also

Related languages and language families:

• Alutiiq
• Central Alaskan
• Central Siberian
• Naukan
• Yupik

• Wiktionary's coverage of Sirenik terms
• Appendix:Sirenik Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Sirenik

Further reading

• ISO 639-3 code ysr (SIL)
• Sirenik on Wikipedia.Wikipedia