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Europe and North Asia

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.

Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
About Vitality Level
~5,500
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends

Speaker Number Trend 3

Only about half of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are decreasing steadily, but not at an accelerated pace.

3
Domains of Use

Domain Of Use 4

Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.

4
Transmission

Transmission 3

Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.

3
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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
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Caucasia: northern Azerbaijan and eastern Georgia
Location Description

Earlier spoken across a large area in northern Azerbaijan, but now mainly in the villages of Vartashen (Vardashen, currently Oguz) in Vartashen County and Nij in Kutkashen (currently Qabala) County, recently also in Sheki County and part of Zakatali County. Since the 1920s Udi has also been spoken in the village of Zinobiani in Kvareli County in Georgia.

Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Azerbaijani, Georgian, Russian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
Schooling, daily communication

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:
Literary experiments took place in the nineteenth century, in the 1930s, and again in recent years.

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