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Native Speakers Worldwide

~10

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Materials on Forest Enets, an indigenous language of Northern SIberia
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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~10

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

No data

Semi-speakers

<30

Child speakers

No data

Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

No data

Elder Speakers

No data

Ethnic Population

~160 (includes Tundra Enets)

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

"The language is functionally extinct. Around 10 fluent speakers are left; the overall number of potential speakers is less than 40 individuals. All speakers are found in the generations of 50 years and older. The number of ethnic Forest Enets is currently unknown. Recent local statistics, which also include Tundra Enets indicate that there are around 160 individuals."

Year of info

2011

Location and Context

Countries

Krasnojarskij kraj, Russia

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Location description

"...on the Lower Yenisei within the boundaries of the Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Municipality District"

Government support

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Institutional support

Grammar

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

"...on the Lower Yenisei within the boundaries of the Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) Municipality District"

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Russian

Domains of other languages

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

20

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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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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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

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Coordinates

68.6836,86.2727

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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Domains of other languages

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

20

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

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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

198

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

Of the 20 speakers, 15 are in Potapovo. Ethnic population: 198 with Tundra Enets (2002 census).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

Russia;

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Location description

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Government support

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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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Native Speakers Worldwide

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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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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

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

Countries

No data

Coordinates

67.5,86.5

Location description

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Government support

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

<50

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

No data

Transmission

No data

Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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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

No data

Ethnic Population

~100

Non-monolingual speakers

No data

More about speakers

No data

Year of info

2000

Location and Context

Countries

Russia

Coordinates

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Location description

in the forest zone on the lower Yenisei, within the Dudinka raion of the Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia; historically, the speakers of the idiom have gradually moved towards the north along the Yenisei basin; this movement has during the last 150 years involved a distance of approx. 500 kms

Government support

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Other writing systems

in the forest zone on the lower Yenisei, within the Dudinka raion of the Taimyr (Dolgano-Nenets) Autonomous District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia; historically, the speakers of the idiom have gradually moved towards the north along the Yenisei basin; this movement has during the last 150 years involved a distance of approx. 500 kms

More on writing systems

No data

Other languages used

Russian, Tundra Enets

Domains of other languages

No data

More on context

The last speakers are mainly trilingual, speaking also Russian and Tundra Nenets; interference from the latter two languages tends to influence what is left of native language skills in Forest Enets.

Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

40

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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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

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Non-monolingual speakers

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Government support

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Speakers' attitudes

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Standard orthography

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Other writing systems

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Other languages used

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Domains of other languages

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