Endangered Languages Project - Mednyj Aleut

Mednyj Aleut

^{[aka Copper Island Attuan, алеутско-медновский язык, Creolized Attuan]}

Classification: Mixed Language

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critically endangered

ALSO KNOWN AS		Copper Island Attuan, алеутско-медновский язык, Creolized Attuan, Copper Island Aleut Creole, медновский язык, Medny, Copper
CLASSIFICATION		Mixed Language, Russian-Aleut
CODE AUTHORITY		Glottolog
LANGUAGE CODE		medn1235
DOWNLOAD		As csv

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Information from: “Personal communication regarding Bering Aleut and Mednyj Aleut” . Evgeny Golovko (2023)

Critically endangered

100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2023

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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Not currently being taught

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

A grammar and teaching manual are currently being developed by Dr. Evgeny Golovko.

PLACES: Nikolskoye (Bering Island)

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from Krauss (1995).

PLACES: Russia;

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10
Native speakers worldwide

MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
As of the late 1980s, there were 15 fluent speakers.

PLACES: Commander Islands

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on the westernmost islands of the Aleutian chain, near Kamchatka

Dormant
0?
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Russia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Originally spoken on Mednyj Island, off the coast of Kamchatka, but population of that island was moved to Bering Island in 1970.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

54.7753,167.5662

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Information from: “Personal communication regarding Bering Aleut and Mednyj Aleut” . Evgeny Golovko (2023)