Also Known As:
Northern Khant, Ostyak, северно-хантыйский язык, хӑнты ясӑң, khănty yasăŋ, Northern Khante, Ostyak, Ostiak, Ugrian Ostyak
Dialects & Varieties
- Ob
- Kazym
- Berezovo
- Sherkaly
- Nizyam
Recent Resources
The collection of links containing texts written in Khanty.
Mark Gospel in Northern Khanty. Text and mp3. Bible Search program modules.
Threatened
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~10,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
2
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
1
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:
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.)
Bibliography of Context:
Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html