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The ItelmenLanguage is a SouthernChukotkoKamchatkanLanguage of Russia (Asia). SIL code: ITL. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: 100 or fewer speakers out of an ethnic population of 1,500 (1991 A.E. Kibrik). Region: Southern Kamchatka Peninsula, Koryak Autonomous District, Tigil region, primarily in Kovran and Upper Khairiuzovo villages, west coast of the Kamchatka River. Alternate names: ITELYMEM, WESTERN ITELMEN, KAMCHADAL, KAMCHATKA. Dialects: SEDANKA, KHARYUZ, ITELMEN, XAJRJUZOVSKIJ, NAPANSKIJ, SOPOCNOVSKIJ. Comments: Bilingualism in Russian. Speakers are primarily the older generation. From the 1950s to the 1980s the state sent all children to boarding schools. All are reported to be acculturated. Taught in school through fourth grade. Shamanism. Bible portions 1996.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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