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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~500

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~500

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

very few

Young adult speakers

very few

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

~1,300

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Generally, only individuals aged 40 or more are fully fluent in the language.

Year of info

2000

Location and Context

Countries

Russia

Coordinates

No data

Location description

The northernmost language of the Eurasian continent; on central Taimyr, in the regions of the Pyasina and Taimyra river systems, within the Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia; in two main groups (western and eastern), corresponding to a slight dialectal difference.

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

The northernmost language of the Eurasian continent; on central Taimyr, in the regions of the Pyasina and Taimyra river systems, within the Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia; in two main groups (western and eastern), corresponding to a slight dialectal difference.

More on writing systems

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Other languages used

Russian, Taimyr, Yakut Dolgan

Domains of other languages

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More on context

There are still a few old speakers with little knowledge of Russian, or with a knowledge of a special Russian-based Taimyr pidgin only; middle-aged and younger speakers are, however, fully bilingual in Russian, with inevitable traces of Russian interference in native language use; some knowledge of Yakut Dolgan is also common.

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

505

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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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

72.816,91.582

Location description

No data

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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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

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

834

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

500. Ethnic population: 834.

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Russia;

Coordinates

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Location description

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Government support

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Other languages used

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~500

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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

Coordinates

No data

Location description

Taymyr

Government support

No data

Institutional support

No data

Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

No data

Other writing systems

Taymyr

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Russian, Dolgan

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

No data

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,060

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

No data

Semi-speakers

No data

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

1,278

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

In 1989, it was reported that 83.2%% of the ethnic population were native speakers, which is approximately 1,060.

Year of info

1993

Location and Context

Countries

Russian Federation

Coordinates

No data

Location description

The Nganasans are the northernmost of the Samoyedic peoples, living on the Taymyr Peninsula in the Arctic Ocean. Administratively, their Arctic territory is part of the Taymyr Autonomous Region of the Krasnoyarsk district (formerly the Dolgan-Nenets National District).

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Script (Writing system)

none

Other writing systems

The Nganasans are the northernmost of the Samoyedic peoples, living on the Taymyr Peninsula in the Arctic Ocean. Administratively, their Arctic territory is part of the Taymyr Autonomous Region of the Krasnoyarsk district (formerly the Dolgan-Nenets National District).

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Speaker Number Trends

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Semi-speakers

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Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

71.0,93.0

Location description

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Government support

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

500

Domains of Use

No data

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