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The Shor language belongs to the Turkish-Tatar languages -- East Hunnish branch, Uighur-Oguz group, Khakass subgroup. It differs from its kindred languages (Khakass, Kamas, Chylym Tatar) in several specific traits in phonetics and grammar. There are two dialects in Shor: Mrasu in the Tom and Mrasu basins, and Kondoma in the Lower-Tom and Kondoma basins. (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire)

ALSO KNOWN AS		Shortsy, Aba, Kondoma Tatar, Mras Tatar, Kuznets Tatar, Tom-Kuznets Tatar, Schoren, Minusinsk-Tataren, Tm
CLASSIFICATION		Turkic, Northeastern, South Siberian, Yenisey Turkic
ORTHOGRAPHY		A written standard in Cyrillic script is based on Kondoma dialect.
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cjs
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Qïzïl Mrassa Kondoma Qača SaƔay
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Severely endangered

Fairly Certain
<10,000
Native speakers worldwide in 1989

DATE OF INFO: 2007

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
MORE ON VITALITY: There are probably no child speakers, except possibly in a few rural families, and most speakers are middle-aged or older.
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: The Shor community is surrounded by Russian-speaking immigrants, but there have recently been signs of increased national and linguistic consciousness.

PLACES: Siberia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken along the rivers flowing from the southwestern slopes of the Kuznetskiy Alatau mountains in the southern parts of Kemerovo Province in the Russian Federation.

Endangered

Fairly Certain
9,640
Native speakers worldwide in 1989
Ethnic population
17,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In 1989 56.7 %% of the ethnic population of 17,000 were considered to be native speakers, which is approximately 9,640.

DOMAINS OF USE
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: Russia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The southern Shors live in Siberia, in the region of North Altai and Kuznetsk-Alatau, on the rivers Kondoma, Mrasu and Tom. It is a mountainous area (mountain taiga) in the heart of Kuzbas. Administratively, they belong to the Kemerovo region of the Russian Federation, Tashtagol. The habitat of the southern Shors borders on the autonomous provinces of Khakass and Mountain-Altai. The northern Shors work as miners in the Siberga coal mines in the Myshkovsk district of the Kemerovo region. Their central settlement is Chuvashka.

Threatened

Uncertain
6,210
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2010

Endangered

Fairly Certain
<10,000
Native speakers worldwide in 1989

DATE OF INFO: 2005

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Siberia, Russian Federation

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Kuznetskiy Alatau mountains, Kemerovo Province

DATE OF INFO: 2005

Threatened

Uncertain
9,446
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2008

Threatened

Uncertain
6,210
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
13, 975
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
50 monolinguals

PLACES: Russia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Altai Krai, Khakass Ao and Gorno-Altai Ao, on River Tomy.

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		2005	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages		Christopher Moseley				Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2005. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by Christopher Moseley.			<10,000	1989	1000-9999						Endangered (Fairly Certain)	13				Siberia, Russian Federation	Kuznetskiy Alatau mountains, Kemerovo Province
		2007	Europe and North Asia	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	211-282	C. Moseley	London & New York: Routledge			Tapani Salminen	Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		<10,000	1989	1000-9999					The Shor community is surrounded by Russian-speaking immigrants, but there have recently been signs of increased national and linguistic consciousness.	Severely Endangered (Fairly Certain)	14	There are probably no child speakers, except possibly in a few rural families, and most speakers are middle-aged or older.		14	Siberia	Spoken along the rivers flowing from the southwestern slopes of the Kuznetskiy Alatau mountains in the southern parts of Kemerovo Province in the Russian Federation.
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			Comrie, Bernard , Matthew S. Dryer, David Gil & Martin Haspelmath (eds.). 2005. The World Atlas of Language Structures. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0199255911	ll_pub																	53.0,88.0
				Ethnologue: Languages of the World		M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	13, 975	6,210		1000-9999	50 monolinguals					Threatened (Uncertain)					Russia;	Altai Krai, Khakass Ao and Gorno-Altai Ao, on River Tomy.
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger			Christopher Moseley	UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas		Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		6,210		1000-9999						Threatened (Uncertain)							53.0544,87.7478
			World Oral Literature Project						www.oralliterature.org		World Oral Literature Project. www.oralliterature.org			9,446		1000-9999						Threatened (Uncertain)
		2008	The grammar studies made in Turkey on Siberian Turkic languages	Sravnitel'no - istoriceskie i tipologiceskie issledovanija jazyka i kul'tury: problemy i perspektivy	228-234		Tomsk: Tomskij Gosudarstvennyj Pedagogičeskij Universitet			Ali Ilgin	Ali Ilgin. 2008. "The Grammar Studies Made in Turkey On Siberian Turkic Languages." In Sravnitel'no - istoriceskie i tipologiceskie issledovanija jazyka i kul'tury: problemy i perspektivy, 228-234. Tomsk: Tomskij Gosudarstvennyj Pedagogičeskij Universitet.	HHOLD
9985-936922			The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire			Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits			http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook		"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.		17,000	9,640	1989	1000-9999	In 1989 56.7 %% of the ethnic population of 17,000 were considered to be native speakers, which is approximately 9,640.	social communication, schools	Russian	Edited by KD 12/6/11		Endangered (Fairly Certain)			14		Russia	The southern Shors live in Siberia, in the region of North Altai and Kuznetsk-Alatau, on the rivers Kondoma, Mrasu and Tom. It is a mountainous area (mountain taiga) in the heart of Kuzbas. Administratively, they belong to the Kemerovo region of the Russian Federation, Tashtagol. The habitat of the southern Shors borders on the autonomous provinces of Khakass and Mountain-Altai. The northern Shors work as miners in the Siberga coal mines in the Myshkovsk district of the Kemerovo region. Their central settlement is Chuvashka.

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