Yugh People
Lambert M. Surhone, Mariam T. Tennoe, Susan F. Henssonow
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Yugh people (pronounced "yook"; often written Yug) were part of an indigenous group believed to be survivors of an ancient people who originally lived throughout central Siberia.
The Yugh people lived along the Yenisei River from Yeniseisk to the mouth of the Dupches River.
Previously the Yughs were considered part of the northern group of Ket people, but in the 1960's the Yugh were distinguished from the Ket, having their own distinct, although related Yugh language and customs.
By the late 1980's the Yugh people, along with their language, had disappeared as a separate ethnic group.
By the early 1990's the Yugh language was considered extinct, as only two or three non-fluent Yugh language speakers remained.
The Yugh people and their extinct relatives are referred to as Yeniseians by linguists and ethnographers.
