Also Known As:
Ulta, Ujlta, орокский язык, ульта, уйльта, Uilta, Sprache der Oroken
Dialects & Varieties
- Poronaisk
- Val-Nogliki
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.
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<50
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
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html
Bibliography of Locations:
Yamada, Yoshiko. 2010. A Preliminary Study of Language Contacts around Uilta in Sakhalin. Journal of the Center for Northern Humanities 3, 59-75. http://hdl.handle.net/2115/42939
Bibliography of Context:
Yamada, Yoshiko. 2010. A Preliminary Study of Language Contacts around Uilta in Sakhalin. Journal of the Center for Northern Humanities 3, 59-75. http://hdl.handle.net/2115/42939