Yukaghir
noun
Yu·ka·ghir
variants:
or Yukagir \ ¦yükə¦ gi(ə)r \
plural Yukaghir
or Yukaghirs
or Yukagir
or Yukagirs
Definition of Yukaghir
1a
: a group of formerly populous peoples of northeastern Siberia surviving along the southern tributaries of the Kolyma river above Verkhne Kolymsk and having a culture of the Tungus type
b
: a member of any of such peoples
2a
: the language of the Yukaghir people
b
: a family of languages of which only Yukaghir is still extant or well-known — see paleosiberian