Gilyaki

Japanese: Gilyaki
Gilyaki

...In the singular form, Nivkh. Nivkh means "human" in self-proclaimed form, but was formerly called Gilyaki. Nivkh (Gilyak) is an isolated language with no close relatives, but is included in the Old Asian languages ​​along with neighboring languages.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Gilyaki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…単数形ではニブフ。ニブヒは自称で〈人間〉の意であるが,かつてはギリヤークGilyakiと称された。ニブヒ語(ギリヤーク語)はいわゆる親縁な兄弟言語をもたない孤立した言語であるが,隣接の諸言語とともに旧アジア諸語に含められている。…

※「Gilyaki」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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