Endangered Languages Project

The genetically isolated Yukaghir language has been regarded as one of the Paleo-Asiatic languages. It has been hypothesized that the Yukaghir language is related to the Uralic languages. (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire)

Alias		Northern Yukagir, Vadul Yukaghir, cеверноюкагирский язык, вадульский юкагирский язык, pohjoisjukagiirin kieli, Вадун аруу
KLASSIFIZIERUNG		Yukaghir
ORTHGRAFIE		Cyrillic script
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
SPRACHENCODE		ykg
VARIANTEN & DIALEKTE		Omok (extinct)
DOWNLOAD		Als csv
WEITERE RESSOURCEN		OLAC-Suche

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

Ernsthaft gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<50
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
~700
KINDER
0
JUNGE ERWACHSENE
0
ERWACHSENE
0?
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
mean age of youngest speakers: mainly from 60 years up

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1993

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
VERBREITUNG
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
KOMMENTARE ZUM SPRACHKONTEXT: degree of speakers' competence: mainly rudimentary, all the remaining speakers being multilingual in Russian, Yakut, Even, Koryak, and other languages
Skripte (Schreibsysteme und Orthografien): Cyrillic script
Rechtschreibung: Attempts are currently being made to create a written standard (in Cyrillic script, with either Russian or Yakut-based orthographical principles) for both Tundra Yukagir and Forest Yukagir.

ORTE: Russia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: in the tundra zone, in a belt extending from the lower Indigirka in the west close to the lower Kolyma basin in the east; administratively within the Yakut (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia); previously in a much wider area in the Lena-Yana-Indigirka-Kolyma region

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
90
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
230-1100
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
Data on speaker number (M. Krauss 1995). Data on ethnic population: 230 to 1,100 (M. Krauss 1995, 1989 census)

ORTE: Russia;

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Muttersprachler weltweit

Ernsthaft gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<150
Muttersprachler weltweit
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
There are fewer than 150 speakers of Tundra Yukagir, including elderly people who have it as their first language and middle-aged people who are typically more fluent in Russian and Yakut.

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN

VERBREITUNG

MEHR ZU SPRACHBESTÄNDIGKEIT

In Andryushkino there may be a few younger speakers. All the remaining speakers are multilingual in Russian, Yakut, Even or Chukchi.

ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN

Russian
Yakut
Even
Chukchi.

Rechtschreibung

Attempts are currently being made to create a written standard in Cyrillic script, with either Russian or Yakut-based orthographical principles, for both Tundra Yukagir and Forest Yukagir.

ORTE: Siberia

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: Spoken in the tundra zone, in a belt extending from the lower Indigirka in the west close to the lower Kolyma basin in the east, in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Russian Federation, now largely concentrated in the villages of Andryushkino and Kolymskoye in Lower Kolyma (Nizhnekolymskiy) County.

Stark gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
310
Muttersprachler weltweit
Ethnische Population
835
MEHR ZUR ANZAHL DER SPRECHER
In 1979 37.5%% of the ethnic population of 835, were considered to be native speakers which is 310.

DATUM DER INFORMATION: 1979

ENTWICKLUNGSTENDENZEN BEI SPRECHERN
VERBREITUNG
ANDERE VON DER GEMEINSCHAFT GESPROCHENE SPRACHEN
Rechtschreibung: 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.

ORTSBESCHREIBUNG: 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).

		2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge				Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD				<150		10-99	There are fewer than 150 speakers of Tundra Yukagir, including elderly people who have it as their first language and middle-aged people who are typically more fluent in Russian and Yakut.	Russian, Yakut, Even, Chukchi.		Nearly all	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	In Andryushkino there may be a few younger speakers. All the remaining speakers are multilingual in Russian, Yakut, Even or Chukchi.	15	Siberia	Spoken in the tundra zone, in a belt extending from the lower Indigirka in the west close to the lower Kolyma basin in the east, in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in the Russian Federation, now largely concentrated in the villages of Andryushkino and Kolymskoye in Lower Kolyma (Nizhnekolymskiy) County.
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.																		69.0,155.0
	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		230-1100		90		10-99	Data on speaker number (M. Krauss 1995). Data on ethnic population: 230 to 1,100 (M. Krauss 1995, 1989 census)				Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Russia;
		2000	Red Book on Endangered Languages: Northeast Asia						UNESCO	http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html	Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen	Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html		0?	~700	0	<50	1993	10-99	mean age of youngest speakers: mainly from 60 years up	Russian, Yakut, Koryak, Even	degree of speakers' competence: mainly rudimentary, all the remaining speakers being multilingual in Russian, Yakut, Even, Koryak, and other languages	all	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15	Russia	in the tundra zone, in a belt extending from the lower Indigirka in the west close to the lower Kolyma basin in the east; administratively within the Yakut (Sakha) Republic (Yakutia); previously in a much wider area in the Lena-Yana-Indigirka-Kolyma region
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.					100		100-999					Endangered (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.			835		310	1979	100-999	In 1979 37.5%% of the ethnic population of 835, were considered to be native speakers which is 310.	Yakut, Russian			Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14		14		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).

Tundra Yukagir

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Ernsthaft gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<50

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

90

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Ernsthaft gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<150

Stark gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

310

Diskussion

Tundra Yukagir

Metadaten der Sprache

Sprachdokumentationsforum

Ernsthaft gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<50

Stark gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

90

Sicher gefährdet

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Ernsthaft gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<150

Stark gefährdet

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

310

Diskussion

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