The Arctic Altaic Languages

Background. This article is about the Arctic Altaic languages: Yakut, Dolgan, Evenki and Even. A relationship between Yakut and Dolgan, Evenki and Even is discussed. The Yakuts, Dolgans, Evenks and Evens are the ethnoses of the North-East of Eurasia and inhabit in Arctic along the Yenisei, Khatanga, Anabar, Olenyok, Lena, Yana, Indigirka, Alazeya, Kolyma, Anadyr rivers. The number of the Yakuts is 478085 people in Russia that of the Dolgans – 7885, the Evenks – 37843, the Evens – 22383.