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Europe and North Asia
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<10,000

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

Siberia

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Location description

Spoken along the rivers flowing from the southwestern slopes of the Kuznetskiy Alatau mountains in the southern parts of Kemerovo Province in the Russian Federation.

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Script (Writing system)

A written standard in Cyrillic script is based on Kondoma dialect.

Other writing systems

Spoken along the rivers flowing from the southwestern slopes of the Kuznetskiy Alatau mountains in the southern parts of Kemerovo Province in the Russian Federation.

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The Shor community is surrounded by Russian-speaking immigrants, but there have recently been signs of increased national and linguistic consciousness.

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Native Speakers Worldwide

6,210

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

53.0544,87.7478

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

6,210

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Ethnic Population

13, 975

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More about speakers

50 monolinguals

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Russia;

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Location description

Altai Krai, Khakass Ao and Gorno-Altai Ao, on River Tomy.

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Altai Krai, Khakass Ao and Gorno-Altai Ao, on River Tomy.

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Year of info

2008

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

9,640

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Ethnic Population

17,000

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In 1989 56.7 %% of the ethnic population of 17,000 were considered to be native speakers, which is approximately 9,640.

Year of info

1993

Location and Context

Countries

Russia

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Location description

The southern Shors live in Siberia, in the region of North Altai and Kuznetsk-Alatau, on the rivers Kondoma, Mrasu and Tom. It is a mountainous area (mountain taiga) in the heart of Kuzbas. Administratively, they belong to the Kemerovo region of the Russian Federation, Tashtagol. The habitat of the southern Shors borders on the autonomous provinces of Khakass and Mountain-Altai. The northern Shors work as miners in the Siberga coal mines in the Myshkovsk district of the Kemerovo region. Their central settlement is Chuvashka.

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Script (Writing system)

Cyrillic script

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The southern Shors live in Siberia, in the region of North Altai and Kuznetsk-Alatau, on the rivers Kondoma, Mrasu and Tom. It is a mountainous area (mountain taiga) in the heart of Kuzbas. Administratively, they belong to the Kemerovo region of the Russian Federation, Tashtagol. The habitat of the southern Shors borders on the autonomous provinces of Khakass and Mountain-Altai. The northern Shors work as miners in the Siberga coal mines in the Myshkovsk district of the Kemerovo region. Their central settlement is Chuvashka.

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Other languages used

Russian

Domains of other languages

social communication, schools

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Year of info

2005

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Coordinates

53.0,88.0

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

9,446

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