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The Dolgans speak a dialect of the Yakut language. This dialect has also at times been considered as a separate language, due to the strong Evenk influence which causes it to differ considerably from the Yakut language spoken in the northwestern and middle parts of Yakutia. In certain western groups of Dolgans, a strong Nenets influence has been noted (for example in Sopochnaya Karga at the Yenisey Bay). (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire, 2001)

ALSO KNOWN AS		Dulğan, Haka, долганский язык, дулҕан, Һака, долган тыла, һака тыла, Dolganca, Dolgane, Dolganische Sprache, 돌간어
CLASSIFICATION		Turkic, Siberian Turkic, Lena Turkic
ORTHOGRAPHY		none
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		dlg
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Information from: “Endangered Languages in Europe” (205-232) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , Brenzinger, Matthias · Mouton de Gruyter

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,500
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1989

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Southern Taymyr Penninsula

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,870
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
7,261
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the ethnic population is from the 2002 Russian census.

PLACES: Russia;

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
4,865
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
5,000
Native speakers worldwide

Ethnic population
5,100

DATE OF INFO: 1979

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
Scripts (Writing system): none

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Dolgans inhabit an area in the southern part of the Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) National Territory, in the Khatanga and Pyassina river basins, and to a lesser extent on the Yenisey (the Dudinka district). A few dozen Dolgans live in Yakutia, on the lower reaches of the River Anabar. On the Taimyr Peninsula the Dolgans are the most numerous indigenous ethnic group.

0199255911			2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.													71.25,98.0
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	7,261	4,870		1000-9999	Data for the ethnic population is from the 2002 Russian census.			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Russia;
		3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		4,865		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				71.3851,97.3388
				World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			5,000		1000-9999				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
9985-936922			1993	The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire			Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits			http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook		"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.		5,100		1979			Schools	Russian				The Dolgans inhabit an area in the southern part of the Taimyr (Dolgan-Nenets) National Territory, in the Khatanga and Pyassina river basins, and to a lesser extent on the Yenisey (the Dudinka district). A few dozen Dolgans live in Yakutia, on the lower reaches of the River Anabar. On the Taimyr Peninsula the Dolgans are the most numerous indigenous ethnic group.
	Trends in Linguistics: Studies and Monographs		2007	Endangered Languages in Europe	Language Diversity Endangered	205-232	Brenzinger, Matthias	Mouton de Gruyter			Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Endangered Languages in Europe." In Language Diversity Endangered, edited by Matthias Brenzinger. 205-232. Mouton de Gruyter.	HHOLD		5,500	1989	1000-9999			Russian	Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	11	Southern Taymyr Penninsula

Dolgan

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Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,870

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,865

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

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Dolgan

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Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,500

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,870

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

4,865

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

5,000

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