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Assan

Assan proper noun: an extinct Yeniseian language formerly spoken in Russia.

Proper noun

Assan

  1. An extinct Yeniseian language formerly spoken in Russia.
    • Assan is considered to have been a dialect of Kott (Werner 1998). Glottolog lists Assan and Kott as belonging to the same language (https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/kott1239).2022 June 28, Editior Ethnologue, “Change Request 2022-010”, in SIL Global, page 2

Questions about Assan

What does Assan mean?
Assan means an extinct Yeniseian language formerly spoken in Russia.
What part of speech is Assan?
Assan is a proper noun.

Words near Assan in the dictionary

  1. assamar
  2. Assamese
  3. Assameses
  4. assamiid
  5. assamiids
  6. Assan
  7. Assaneth
  8. Assange
  9. Assanges
  10. assapan
  11. assapans

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