Endangered Languages Project - Oroch

Oroch

^{[aka Orochi, орочский язык, Sprache der Oročonen]}

Classification: Tungusic

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severely endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Orochi, орочский язык, Sprache der Oročonen, Oroć,
CLASSIFICATION		Tungusic, Southern Tungusic, Amur Tungusic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		oac
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Kjakela Namunka Orichen Tez
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
~900
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Among the languages of the 26 so-called "Peoples of the Far North" in Russia, Oroch has the smallest proportion of native speakers (approx. 20 per cent) in relation to the corresponding ethnic group.

DATE OF INFO: 1993

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: degree of speakers' competence: rapidly deteriorating, the last speakers being fully bilingual in Russian

PLACES: Russia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: in the northern section of the Sikhote Alin mountain range, to the east of the lower Amur, within the Khabarovsk Region (Krai) of the Russian Far East

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
260
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
686

PLACES: Russia;

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
125
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
480
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,198
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1979, it was reported that 40.7%% of the ethnic population were native speakers, which is approximately 480.

DATE OF INFO: 1979

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

PLACES: Russian Federation

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Orochi settlements are in the southern part of the Khabarovsk Area, more particularly on the lower reaches of the River Tumnin (Usjka, Usjka-Russkaya) and on the Amur and Kopp rivers. In this wide area between the Lower Amur and the Tatarsk Strait there used to be numerous small Orochi settlements for winter and summer use, divided into five territorial groups.

Severely endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
150
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1989

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Reported that 20%% of the ethnic population are native speakers.

PLACES: Siberia, Russian Federation

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Sikhote Alin mountain range, lower Amur, Khabarovsk region.

LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

50.3333333333,137.5

COORDINATES

49.1781,139.7625

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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