Arin | |
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Ar Ara | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Yenisei River |
Ethnicity | Arin people |
Extinct | 1790[1] |
Dené–Yeniseian?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xrn |
xrn | |
Glottolog | arin1243 |
![]() Map of pre-contact Yeniseian languages. Arin is in blue. |
Arin is an extinct Yeniseian language formerly spoken in Russia along the Yenisei River, predominantly on its left shore, between Yeniseysk and Krasnoyarsk,[2] north of the Minusinsk region. However, it has been suggested that the Arin people had historically occupied a larger geographical range. It became extinct in the 18th century.[2]
It is believed that the term Ar or Ara was used by speakers of Arin to refer to themselves.[2]