Solon language

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The Solon language is a Tungusic language spoken primarily by the Solon Evenki people in northeastern China.

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Solon language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tungusic language
natural language
closelyRelatedTo Even language
Evenki language
country People's Republic of China
linked to: China
endangermentFactors assimilation policies in 20th century China
language shift to Mandarin Chinese
ethnicGroup Evenki people
Solon people
family Tungusic languages
hasCaseSystem yes
hasDialect Solon dialect of Evenki
linked to: Evenki language
hasVowelHarmony yes
ISO639-3 evn
languageFamilyBranch Altaic (proposed, controversial)
languageStatus endangered language
morphology rich suffixal morphology
partOf Evenki macrolanguage
region Northeast China
linked to: Manchuria
spokenBy Solon Evenki people
linked to: Evenki people
spokenIn China
Heilongjiang Province
linked to: Heilongjiang

Inner Mongolia
northeastern China
linked to: Manchuria
subfamily Northern Tungusic languages
linked to: Tungusic languages
typology agglutinative language
usedBy reindeer herders (historically)
wordOrder SOV (subject–object–verb)
writingSystem Cyrillic script (limited use, non‑standardized)
Latin script (romanization, non‑standardized)

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Tungusic languages hasMemberLanguage Solon language