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<20,000

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Language Information By Source

UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

<20,000

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Ethnic Population

40,000

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Year of info

2000

Location and Context

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Russia

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Location description

in the central and southwestern river valleys of the Altai region (Russian Altai), mainly within the Altai (Gorno-Altai) Republic, southern Siberia

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in the central and southwestern river valleys of the Altai region (Russian Altai), mainly within the Altai (Gorno-Altai) Republic, southern Siberia

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Russian

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Under increasing interference from Russian, the universal second language of the speakers; triggered by both social and ecological problems, there is, however, a current rise of nationalism, which may improve the position of the native language

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Native Speakers Worldwide

50,000

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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51.069,86.5942

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Vulnerable

Native Speakers Worldwide

20,000

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Ethnic Population

67,239

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Data for the number of native speakers comes from (1993 J. Janhunen). Data for the ethnic population includes "Northern Altai [atv] but excluding 2,399 Talangits and 2,650 Teleuts, 2002 census."

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

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Russia;

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Native Speakers Worldwide

61,000

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Combined figure of both Southern and Northern Altay.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Siberia

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Spoken in the central and southwestern river valleys of the Altay area in southern Siberia.

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Spoken in the central and southwestern river valleys of the Altay area in southern Siberia.

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There is currently a rise of nationalism, which may improve the position of the native language. The speakers of Teleut, in particular, have recently shown interest in national renaissance, which might lead to the revigoration of the native language.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

53,220

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Ethnic Population

60,000

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Source: According to the 1959 census the Altaics numbered either 44,654 or 45,300 (according to different sources), 88.7 %% of whom were native speakers. According to the 1979 census data the total number of Altaics was approximately 60,000 of whom 50,203 lived in the autonomous region.

Year of info

1993

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Cyrillic alphabet

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Year of info

2005

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51.0,87.0

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20,000

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