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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<1,000

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Language Information By Source

Europe and North Asia
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<1,000

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-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

3,200

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Siberia

Coordinates

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Location description

Spoken in the lower Amur basin, in Ul’cha County in Khabarovsk Region in the Russian Federation.

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

Spoken in the lower Amur basin, in Ul’cha County in Khabarovsk Region in the Russian Federation.

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No data

Other languages used

Russian

Domains of other languages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

732

Domains of Use

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Transmission

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

52.0457,140.4162

Location description

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Government support

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

730

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-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

913

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Russia;

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Location description

Khabarovsk Krai, Ulch region, along Amur River and tributaries, Tatar Channel coast.

Government support

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Khabarovsk Krai, Ulch region, along Amur River and tributaries, Tatar Channel coast.

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

990

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers

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Semi-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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Ethnic Population

2,552

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

In 1979 38.8%% of the ethnic population of 2,552, were considered to be native speakers which is approximately 990.

Year of info

1993

Location and Context

Countries

No data

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Location description

The Ulchis live in the Khabarovsk region, on the Lower Amur. 90 %% of the Ulchis live within the district of Ulchi.

Government support

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Institutional support

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Speakers’s attitudes

No data

Standard orthography

No data

Script (Writing system)

none

Other writing systems

The Ulchis live in the Khabarovsk region, on the Lower Amur. 90 %% of the Ulchis live within the district of Ulchi.

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No data

Other languages used

Russian

Domains of other languages

School

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Native Speakers Worldwide

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

52.25,140.333333333

Location description

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Government support

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

750

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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