Also Known As:
Nivx, Gilyak, сахалинский нивхский язык, Nivkhi, Nivukhi, Ghilyak, Ghiliak, Gilyak, Gelyak, Giriyaaku, Нивхгу диф, Ньиғвӈгун, гиляцкий язык
Dialects & Varieties
- North Sakhalin Gilyak
- Amur
- East Sakhalin Gilyak
Red Book on Endangered Languages: Northeast Asia
Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html
Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>500
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.
5
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
3
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
No results found.
Second-language speakers and learners
No results found.
Semi-speakers or rememberers
No results found.
Children:
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Young adults
0?
Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
~2,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
degree of speakers' competence: increasingly rudimentary, with strong interference from Russian
Location and Context
Countries
Russia
Location Description
on northern Sakhalin, on both the western and the eastern coast, within Sakhalin Oblast, Russia
Government Support
No results found.
Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Russian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
No results found.
Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
No results text.
Comments on writing systems:
there is a recently created literary standard (based on the central dialect), which is being propagated with some success
Recent Resources
«Нивх диф» (Нивхское слово) — газета на нивхском и русском языках, издаваемая в селе Некрасовка Охин
«Нивх диф» (Нивхское слово) — газета на нивхском и русском языках, издаваемая в селе Некрасовка Охин
Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Nivkh