Also Known As:
Ulta, Ujlta, орокский язык, ульта, уйльта, Uilta, Sprache der Oroken
Dialects & Varieties
- Poronaisk
- Val-Nogliki
Grammatical Outline of Uilta (Revised)
Tsumagari, Toshiro. 2009. Grammatical Outline of Uilta (Revised). Journal of the Graduate School of Letters 4, 1-21. http://hdl.handle.net/2115/37062
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
16-25
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
5
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
300-400
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Less than 10% of the population speak Orok. The rest have shifted to Russian.
Location and Context
Countries
Russia
Location Description
the Sakhalin Island
Government Support
no
Institutional Support
no
Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Russian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
all
Domains of Other Languages:
all
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Uilta
This picture shows the contents of the Orok alphabet.
This image is a language map of the area where Orok is spoken.