Endangered Languages Project - Negidal

Negidal

^{[aka Neghidal, Nigidal, Ilkan Beye]}

Classification: Tungusic

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Neghidal, Nigidal, Ilkan Beye, El'kan Beye, Elkembei, негидальский язык, Неғида, Negidaly,
CLASSIFICATION		Tungusic, Northern Tungusic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		neg
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Nizovsk Verkhovsk
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Red Book on Endangered Languages: Northeast Asia” . Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen (2000)

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~150
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~600
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0

DATE OF INFO: 1993

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Only a few elderly people are reported to be fully fluent in all stylistic varieties of the language; Russian has become the principal language for the whole population.

PLACES: Siberia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: in the Amgun' basin, to the west of the lower Amur

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
567
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
150. Ethnic population: 567.

PLACES: Russia;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
147
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
130
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
220
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
504
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1979 44.4%% of the 504 ethnic population were considered native speakers of Negidal, which is approximately 220.

DATE OF INFO: 1979

Scripts (Writing system): none

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Negidals live on the banks of the River Amgun in the Khabarovsk District and fall into two groups: the Lower Amgun and the Upper Amgun Negidals. Separate families can be found over a much wider area, even among the Oroks on the Sakhalin island.

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<200
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Siberia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Lower Amur, Villages of Tyr Beloklinka and Kal'ma

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Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press