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The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire

"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.

Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
About Vitality Level
310
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 4

Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.

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Transmission

Transmission 4

Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.

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Speakers
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
835
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
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Location Description

There are a small number of the Yukaghir live in the Nizhnekolymsk district in Yakutia (the Forest Yukaghir or the Odul) and in the Srednekansk district in the Magadan region (the Tundra Yukaghir or the Vadul).

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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Yakut, Russian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None

Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Comments on writing systems:
In 1930 a Yukaghir, named Nikolai Spiridonov, graduated from the University in Leningrad. He wrote a couple of books on the life of the indigenous people of the Kolyma region. Spiridonov fell victim to Stalinism. Other educated Yukaghir people where the brothers Semyon, Gavril and Nikolai Kurilov. Gavril Kurilov developed a writing system which is based on Russian and Yakut scripts. This script has been used in local Yukaghir editions.

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