Also Known As:
ительменский язык, Itənmən, Kamchadal, Itelymem, итэнмэн, камчадальский язык, Итәнмән’ин крвэӆхатас
Dialects & Varieties
- Itelmen
- Kharyuz
- Napanskij
- Sedanka
- Sopocnovskij
- Xajrjuzovskij
Red Book on Endangered Languages: Northeast Asia
Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html
Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~500
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 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
4
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
0
Older adults
0?
Elders
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Ethnic or community population
~2,500
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
degree of speakers' competence: mainly rudimentary, with strong interference from Russian, the second language of all the last speakers; also areal influence of Koryak
Location and Context
Countries
Russia
Location Description
in a small pocket on the western coast of central Kamchatka, in the southern part of the Koryak Autonomous District
Government Support
No results found.
Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
No results found.
Other Languages Used By The Community
Russian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
The DVD with Itelmen songs, video, Itelmen subtitles and translation into Russian was compiled by t
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