Also Known As:
Orochen, Orochon, Ulunchun, Oronchon, Olunchun, Elunchun, Oročon, 鄂倫春語
Dialects & Varieties
- Heilongjiang Oroqen
- Gankui
The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
480
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Ethnic or community population
1,551
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Comments on speakers
Primary education in the mother tongue began as early as 1931, when the first school textbooks in the Udeghe language appeared. As elsewhere in the Soviet Union, this process had subsided by the late 1930s and another attempt to create a new Udeghe alphabet was made only in the late 1970s. Nowadays, the mother tongue is again taught in some schools, but only as an optional subject.
Location and Context
Countries
Russia
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.
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Writing Systems
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Comments on writing systems:
An attempt to create a new Udeghe alphabet was made only in the late 1970s.
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