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ALSO KNOWN AS		Udihe, Udeghe, удэгейский язык, удэйский язык, Удиэ, Udekhe, Udegeis, Udehe, Sprache der Udehe, Udeheische,
CLASSIFICATION		Tungusic, Southern Tungusic, Amur Tungusic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ude
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Bikin Iman Sikhota Alin Anjuski Khor Samargin Khungari
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Information from: “Europe and North Asia” (211-282) . Tapani Salminen (2007) , C. Moseley · London & New York: Routledge

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<100
Native speakers worldwide
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0
OLDER ADULTS
0
ELDERS
<100

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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A shift to Russian has proceeded in Udege communities faster than almost anywhere else in Siberia, and many characteristic features of the language have been lost.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Russian

PLACES: Siberia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in the southern and central sections of the Sikhote Alin mountain range, to the east of the Ussuri river, now mainly concentrated in four villages: Krasnyy Yar in Pozharskoye County and Agzu in Terney County in Maritime (Primor’ye) Region, and Gvasyugi in the County of Lazo and Arsen’yevo (Rassvet) in Nanay County in Khabarovsk Region in the Russian Federation.

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
40
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

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

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
230
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
1,657

PLACES: Russia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Siberia far east: Lazo region; Nanai region; Pozharsk region; Terneisk region

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~500
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
~1,900
CHILDREN
0
YOUNG ADULTS
0

DATE OF INFO: 1993

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Degree of speakers' competence: rapidly deteriorating, with many characteristic features of the language already lost; the current process of language death is taking place in favour of Russian, but assimilation by Chinese (Mandarin) seems also to have been of relevance in the past.

PLACES: Russia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: in the southern and central sections of the Sikhote Alin mountain range, to the east of the Ussuri river, within the Maritime and Khabarovsk Regions (Krai) of the Russian Far East

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,000-9,999
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
2,011
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In 1979 it was reported that 31%% of the ethnic population were native speakers.

DATE OF INFO: 1989

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: The Udeghes are scattered over an extensive area in the Khabarovsk region and in the Ussuri taiga, in the northern part of the Primorye region. They have no compact settled area. They live in the neighbourhood of the Nanais and the Nivkhs and in places are mixed with them.

		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	0		0	<100		10-99		<100	Russian		Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	A shift to Russian has proceeded in Udege communities faster than almost anywhere else in Siberia, and many characteristic features of the language have been lost.	15	Siberia	Spoken in the southern and central sections of the Sikhote Alin mountain range, to the east of the Ussuri river, now mainly concentrated in four villages: Krasnyy Yar in Pozharskoye County and Agzu in Terney County in Maritime (Primor’ye) Region, and Gvasyugi in the County of Lazo and Arsen’yevo (Rassvet) in Nanay County in Khabarovsk Region in the Russian Federation.
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.																		47.6666666667,136.25
	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		1,657		230		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Russia;	Siberia far east: Lazo region; Nanai region; Pozharsk region; Terneisk region
	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				40		10-99					Severely Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)						47.6209,136.0903
		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			~1,900	0	~500	1993	100-999			Russian, Chinese	Degree of speakers' competence: rapidly deteriorating, with many characteristic features of the language already lost; the current process of language death is taking place in favour of Russian, but assimilation by Chinese (Mandarin) seems also to have been of relevance in the past.	Severely Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	14		14	Russia	in the southern and central sections of the Sikhote Alin mountain range, to the east of the Ussuri river, within the Maritime and Khabarovsk Regions (Krai) of the Russian Far East
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.					100		100-999					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.			2,011			1989	1000-9999	In 1979 it was reported that 31%% of the ethnic population were native speakers.				Endangered (40 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			13		The Udeghes are scattered over an extensive area in the Khabarovsk region and in the Ussuri taiga, in the northern part of the Primorye region. They have no compact settled area. They live in the neighbourhood of the Nanais and the Nivkhs and in places are mixed with them.

Udege

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

230

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~500

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-9,999

Discussion

Udege

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<100

Severely endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

40

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

100

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

230

Severely endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~500

Endangered

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,000-9,999

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