Also Known As:
Neghidal, Nigidal, Ilkan Beye, El'kan Beye, Elkembei, негидальский язык, Неғида, Negidaly
Dialects & Varieties
- Nizovsk
- Verkhovsk
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
~150
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:
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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
0
Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
~600
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Only a few elderly people are reported to be fully fluent in all stylistic varieties of the language; Russian has become the principal language for the whole population.
Location and Context
Countries
Siberia
Location Description
in the Amgun' basin, to the west of the lower Amur
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Russian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
all
Domains of Other Languages:
None
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
参考消息
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