Language name and locationː Negidal, Khabarovskiy Kray, Russia [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 涅吉达尔语, 俄罗斯远东地区哈巴罗夫斯基边疆区

1. əmən

21. ɟuːr ɟan əmən

2. ɟuːl

22. ɟuːr ɟan ɟuːl

3. elan

23. ɟuːr ɟan elan

4. digin [dɪɣin]

24. ɟuːr ɟan digin

5. tonŋa

25. ɟuːr ɟan tonŋa

6. ɲuŋun

26. ɟuːr ɟan ɲuŋun

7. nadan

27. ɟuːr ɟan nadan

8. ɟapkun

28. ɟuːr ɟan ɟapkun

9. ijegin [ijeɣin]

29. ɟuːr ɟan ijegin

10. ɟan

30. elan ɟan

11. ɟan əmən

40. digin ɟan

12. ɟan ɟuːl

50. tonŋa ɟan

13. ɟan elan

60. ɲuŋun ɟan

14. ɟan digin

70. nadan ɟan

15. ɟan tonŋa

80. ɟapkun ɟan

16. ɟan ɲuŋun

90. ijegin ɟan

17. ɟan nadan

100. taŋgu, 200. juːl taŋgu

18. ɟan ɟapkun

400. digin taŋgu, 800. ɟapkun taŋgu

19. ɟan ijegin

1000. tihinʨa (< Evenki) *

20. ɟuːr ɟan *

2000.

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Natalia Aralova, CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) / French National Centre for Scientific Research, Paris, France, April 22, 2020. Working with Daria Nadeina, April 10, 2020 (recorded on February 11, 2020).
提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Natalia Aralova (CNRS 法国国家科学研究中心), 2020 年 4 月 22 日

Other comments: Negidal is a seriously endangered language. Negidal numeral system is similar to that of the Evenki one. Note that the numerals 20. ɟuːr ɟan: this is interesting because ɟuːr is originally the Evenki form for two but it is used by this speaker in this compound for “twenty”. 30. here her first reaction was to say elan ɟar, but then she corrected to elan ɟan, saying that elan ɟar is Evenki. 1000. tihinʨa (Evenki, but widely used in Negidal).

Negidal (also spelled Neghidal) is spoken in the Russian Far East, mostly in Khabarovskij Kraj, along the lower reaches of the Amur River.  Negidal belongs to the Northern branch of Tungusic, together with Evenki and Even. It is particularly close to Evenki, to the extent that it is occasionally referred to as a dialect of Evenki.

According to the Russian Census of 2002, there were 567 Negidals, 147 of which still spoke the language. The Russian Census of 2010 reported lower speaker numbers, with only 19 of 513 ethnic Negidals reported to still speak the language.
However, recent reports from the field reveal that the linguistic situation of Negidal is much worse than the census reports. According to Kalinina (2008), whose data stem from the fieldwork conducted in 2005-2007, there are only three full speakers left, and a handful of semi-speakers. Pakendorf & Aralova (2018) report from fieldwork conducted in 2017 that there remain only six active speakers of Upper Negidal and there are no speakers of Lower Negidal. The language is thus classified as severely endangered and is predicted to become dormant within the next decade.

Language name and locationː Negidal, Khabarovskiy Kray, Russia [Refer to Ethnologue]
语言名称和分布地区: 涅吉达尔语, 俄罗斯远东地区哈巴罗夫斯基边疆区

1. ɵmɵn

21.  ojin ɵmɵn

2. dʒuːl

22.  ojin dʒuːl

3. ilan / jəlan

23.  ojin ilan / jəlan

4. diɣin /diːn

24.  ojin diɣin

5. toɲŋa

25.  ojin toɲŋa

6. ɲuŋun

26.  ojin ɲuŋun

7. nadan

27.  ojin nadan

8. dʒapkun

28.  ojin dʒapkun

9. jəɣin /ijəɣin

29.  ojin jəɣin

10. dʒaːn

30.  ilan dʒaːn

11. dʒaːn ɵmɵn

40.  diɣin dʒaːn

12. dʒaːn dʒuːl

50.  toɲŋa dʒaːn

13. dʒaːn ilan /jəlan

60.  ɲuŋun dʒaːn

14. dʒaːn diɣin /diːn

70.  nadan dʒaːn

15. dʒaːn toɲŋa

80.  dʒapkun dʒaːn

16. dʒaːn ɲuŋun

90.  jəɣin dʒaːn

17. dʒaːn nadan

100. taŋgu

18. dʒaːn dʒapkun

200. dʒuːl taŋgu

19. dʒaːn jəɣin

1000. meːŋɣan

20. ojin /oin

2000. dʒuːl meːŋɣan

Linguist providing data and dateː Prof. Albina H. Girfanova, Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, January 23, 2007.
提供资料的语言学家: Prof. Albina H. Girfanova, 2007 年 1 月 23 日

Other comments: Negidal has a decimal numeral system. Negidal is a seriously endangered language only spoken by a few fully fluent speakers (about 22 in 480 Ethnic population) in Im and Kamenka; Paulina Osipenko region, lower reaches of Amur river, Khabarovsk krai, Eastern Russian Federation.