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Online Documentation of Kolyma Yukaghir

Nikolaeva, Irina & Mayer, Thomas. 2004. Online Documentation of Kolyma Yukaghir. https://www.sgr.fi/yukaghir/intro.html

Critically Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
About Vitality Level
~40
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.

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Domains of Use

Domain Of Use 5

Used only in a few very specific domains, such as in ceremonies, songs, prayer, proverbs, or certain limited domestic activities.

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Transmission

Transmission 5

There are only a few elderly speakers.

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Speakers
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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
"The Yukaghir languages have no official status and fulfill limited functions. They are not used in legislation, business, theater, religious ceremonies or the mass media, except for occasional broadcasts on local radio."

Location and Context
Countries
North-East Siberia, Russia
Location Description
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Russian, Yakut
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Cryllic script
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
An orthography was created in the 1970s/80s by linguist and author Gavril Kurilov, a native speaker of Tundra Yukaghir. The writing system uses the Cyrillic alphabet with some additional symbols. In 1987, it was accepted as the official Yukaghir orthography by the Yakut Ministry of Education.

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