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ALSO KNOWN AS		ительменский язык, Itənmən, Kamchadal, Itelymem, итэнмэн, камчадальский язык, Итәнмән’ин крвэӆхатас
CLASSIFICATION		Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Kamchatkan
ORTHOGRAPHY		Cyrillic alphabet
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		itl
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Itelmen Kharyuz Napanskij Sedanka Sopocnovskij Xajrjuzovskij
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		The ethnonym Kamchadal is also used to refer to the old Russian-speaking immigrant population of Kamchatka, which may or may not have absorbed Itelmen-speaking elements in the past.

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Information from: “"Collaborative Research: Integrated Audio/Video Documentation of Itelmen [itl]" NSF DEL Abstract” . Bobaljik, Jonathan (2011)

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<20
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: Kamchatka, Russia

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
486
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2480
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
19.6%% of population are native speakers

DATE OF INFO: 1989

DOMAINS OF USE

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Russian

Scripts (Writing system)

Cyrillic alphabet

More on Orthography

In 1932 a Latin based writing system for Itelmen was developed. A primer book was published in 1932, and then an arithmetic book in 1933, but afterwards all publications in this script ceased.

A Cyrillic alphabet for Itelmen was created in 1986 by A. Volodin, but there is no evidence that it was ever used in publications.

PLACES: Koryak Territory, Russian Federation

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native speakers worldwide

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
60
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
380
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
3,189

MORE ON VITALITY

The number of speakers is decreasing.

PLACES: Russia;

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<100
Native speakers worldwide

TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Kamchatka

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoke in the villages of Korvan and Upper khayryuzovo.

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~2,500
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0
OLDER ADULTS
0?

DATE OF INFO: 1993

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: degree of speakers' competence: mainly rudimentary, with strong interference from Russian, the second language of all the last speakers; also areal influence of Koryak

PLACES: Russia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: in a small pocket on the western coast of central Kamchatka, in the southern part of the Koryak Autonomous District

		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				<100		10-99					Critically Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15				Kamchatka	Spoke in the villages of Korvan and Upper khayryuzovo.
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				2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																			57.0,157.5
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			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		3,189		380		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		The number of speakers is decreasing.			Russia;
		2011	"Collaborative Research: Integrated Audio/Video Documentation of Itelmen [itl]" NSF DEL Abstract							http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1065038&WT.z_pims_id=12816	Bobaljik, Jonathan	Bobaljik, Jonathan. 2011. ""Collaborative Research: Integrated Audio/Video Documentation of Itelmen [itl]" NSF DEL Abstract." Online: http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=1065038&WT.z_pims_id=12816.					<20		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					Kamchatka, Russia
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	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				100		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)							57.1496,156.9012
		2000	Red Book on Endangered Languages: Northeast Asia						UNESCO	http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html	Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen	Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html		0?	~2,500	0	~500	1993	100-999		Russian	degree of speakers' competence: mainly rudimentary, with strong interference from Russian, the second language of all the last speakers; also areal influence of Koryak		Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14			15	Russia	in a small pocket on the western coast of central Kamchatka, in the southern part of the Koryak Autonomous District
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.					60		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
9985-936922		1993	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.			2480		486	1989	100-999	19.6%% of population are native speakers	Russian		All Iltelmen speakers are bilingual and speak Russian as their second language	Severely Endangered (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			13	14	Koryak Territory, Russian Federation

Itelmen

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<20

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

486

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

380

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~500

Discussion

Itelmen

Language metadata

Language information by source

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<20

Severely endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

486

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

60

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

380

Critically endangered

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~500

Discussion

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