Also Known As:
Tundra Yurak, Bol'shezemel'sk Nenets, tundranenetsi, тундровый ненецкий язык, nyenetsya' vada, Dialekt der Tundrajuraken, ненэцяʼ вада, нешанский язык, нещанский язык
Dialects & Varieties
A Grammar of Tundra Nenets
A Grammar of Tundra Nenets
Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
20,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 3
Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.
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Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 3
Used mainly in the home and/or with family, but remains the primary language of these domains for many community members.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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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
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Year information was gathered
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Location and Context
Countries
Russia
Location Description
Nenets District of the Arkhangelsk Province, Yamal-Nenets District of the Tyumen Province, Taimyr District of the Krasnoyarsk Region, and parts of the Komi Republic,
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Russian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Cyrillic
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Recent Resources
Mark, Luke and John Gospel in Tundra Nenets in following formats: pdf; ebook formats: epub, fb2 and
The Wikipedia page for the Tundra Nenets language of Northern Russia.