Also Known As:
Orochen, Orochon, Ulunchun, Oronchon, Olunchun, Elunchun, Oročon, 鄂倫春語
Dialects & Varieties
- Heilongjiang Oroqen
- Gankui
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
Threatened
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
< 2,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
2
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
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
~ 5,000
Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"on a tentative basis and with poor results, the language has been taught at a few elementary schools (in IPA transcription); Chinese (Mandarin) is becoming the main language within both monoethnic and multiethnic families"
Location and Context
Countries
China
Location Description
Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang Province
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Mandarin Chinese
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
IPA
Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
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Recent Resources
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