Southern Selkup
Also Known As:
Ket Selkup, южноселькупский язык, tüj qumyt әty, šöš qumyt әty, śüssü qumyt әty, tüjqum, šöšqum, śüssogum, сӱccӱ ӄумыт әты, шӧш ӄумыт әты, тӱй ӄумыт әты, eteläselkuppi, кетский селькупский язык, Ket' Selkup, Ostyak Samoyed
Dialects & Varieties
  • Upper Ob Selkup
  • Ket Selkup
Southern Selkup

Language Information by Source

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

Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Very few
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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Transmission

Transmission 5

There are only a few elderly speakers.

5

Speakers

Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
0
Older adults
0
Elders
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Ethnic or community population
<200
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Degree of speakers' competence: probably rudimentary, under strong interference from Russian, the principal language of the remaining speakers.

Location and Context

Countries
Russia
Location Description

In the basin of the river Ket', an eastern tributary to the upper Ob.

Government Support
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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:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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