Vemkha language

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Vemkha
vəmɣa
Pronunciation[vəmɣa], [vamx], [vəŋx]
RegionKasiiralq
Ethnicity6,430 Vemkha
Native speakersc. 6,400  (2020 census)
Language family
Language isolate or one of the world's primary language families
Early forms:
Proto-Vemkha
  • Vemkha
Dialects
Vemgha
Vamkh
Vengkh
CWS codeVMKH

Vemkha (Vemkha: Vəmɣa [vəmɣa], Vamx [vamx] or Vəŋx [vəŋx]) is a small language family, occasionally considered a language isolate, spoken by the Vemkha people of Kasiiralq.