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Native Speakers Worldwide

<150

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UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<150

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Semi-speakers

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Ethnic Population

~900

Non-monolingual speakers

all

More about speakers

Among the languages of the 26 so-called "Peoples of the Far North" in Russia, Oroch has the smallest proportion of native speakers (approx. 20 per cent) in relation to the corresponding ethnic group.

Year of info

2000

Location and Context

Countries

Russia

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Location description

in the northern section of the Sikhote Alin mountain range, to the east of the lower Amur, within the Khabarovsk Region (Krai) of the Russian Far East

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in the northern section of the Sikhote Alin mountain range, to the east of the lower Amur, within the Khabarovsk Region (Krai) of the Russian Far East

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Other languages used

Russian

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degree of speakers' competence: rapidly deteriorating, the last speakers being fully bilingual in Russian

Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

100

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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No data

Coordinates

49.1781,139.7625

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

260

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

686

Non-monolingual speakers

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No data

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Russia;

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

150

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Siberia, Russian Federation

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Location description

Sikhote Alin mountain range, lower Amur, Khabarovsk region.

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Sikhote Alin mountain range, lower Amur, Khabarovsk region.

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

480

Domains of Use

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Ethnic Population

1,198

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

In 1979, it was reported that 40.7%% of the ethnic population were native speakers, which is approximately 480.

Year of info

1993

Location and Context

Countries

Russian Federation

Coordinates

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Location description

The Orochi settlements are in the southern part of the Khabarovsk Area, more particularly on the lower reaches of the River Tumnin (Usjka, Usjka-Russkaya) and on the Amur and Kopp rivers. In this wide area between the Lower Amur and the Tatarsk Strait there used to be numerous small Orochi settlements for winter and summer use, divided into five territorial groups.

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Script (Writing system)

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The Orochi settlements are in the southern part of the Khabarovsk Area, more particularly on the lower reaches of the River Tumnin (Usjka, Usjka-Russkaya) and on the Amur and Kopp rivers. In this wide area between the Lower Amur and the Tatarsk Strait there used to be numerous small Orochi settlements for winter and summer use, divided into five territorial groups.

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Other languages used

Russian

Domains of other languages

Schools

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Ethnic Population

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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No data

Coordinates

50.3333333333,137.5

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

125

Domains of Use

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