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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~500

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Community Members

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UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA
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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~500

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

very few

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

~1,100

Non-monolingual speakers

all

More about speakers

children speakers: generally very few, but the situation varies depending on locality; recent field data suggest that there may still exist linguistically intact families or even communities

Year of info

2000

Location and Context

Countries

Russia

Coordinates

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Location description

on the middle and upper Yenisei and its tributaries, mainly between the Yelogui and Turukhan basins; today concentrated in a few villages, notably Kellog and Farkovo, in northern Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

on the middle and upper Yenisei and its tributaries, mainly between the Yelogui and Turukhan basins; today concentrated in a few villages, notably Kellog and Farkovo, in northern Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Russian, Northern Selkup

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

Degree of speakers' competence: from rudimentary to good; however, Russian is spoken universally as a second language; some knowledge of Northern Selkup is also not uncommon.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

150

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

62.6236,87.7148

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

190

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

1,494

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

190. Ethnic population: 1,494

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Russia;

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

>500

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Siberia, Russian Federation

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Middle and Upper Yenisay and it's tributaries.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Middle and Upper Yenisay and it's tributaries.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~600

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

No data

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Russian

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

"No children are learning it since parents prefer to speak to them in Russian."

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

537

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

1,113

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

In 1989 it was reported that 48.3%% of the ethnic population were native speakers.

Year of info

1993

Location and Context

Countries

Russian Federation

Coordinates

No data

Location description

The Ket inhabit the Yenisey Basin (Sym, Kureika, Yeloguy, Podkamenaya Tunguska) in East Siberia. This area, in the middle reaches of the Yenisey (about 1,000--1,500 km from north to south), is administratively in the Turukhansk and Baikit districts of the Krasnoyarsk Region in the Russian Federation.

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

Cyrillic script

Other writing systems

The Ket inhabit the Yenisey Basin (Sym, Kureika, Yeloguy, Podkamenaya Tunguska) in East Siberia. This area, in the middle reaches of the Yenisey (about 1,000--1,500 km from north to south), is administratively in the Turukhansk and Baikit districts of the Krasnoyarsk Region in the Russian Federation.

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Russian

Domains of other languages

Language of education, culture, and administration

More on context

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No data

Native Speakers Worldwide

No data

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

64.0,87.0

Location description

No data

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers' attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

No data

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

800

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

No data

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

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Location description

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Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers' attitudes

No data

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Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

No data

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