(documentation AlutorLanguage EnglishLanguage "The AlutorLanguage is a KoryakAlyutorLanguage of Russia (Asia). SIL code: ALR. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: 200 speakers out of 2,000 in the ethnic group (1997 M. Krauss). Region: Koryak National District, northeast Kamchatka Peninsula, many in Vyvenka and Rekinniki villages, and individual families in Tilichiki, Ossora, and Palana. Some speakers are separated at considerable distances and without regular contact. Alternate names: ALYUTOR, ALIUTOR, OLYUTOR. Dialects: ALUTORSKIJ, KARAGINSKIJ, PALANSKIJ. Comments: Considered a dialect of Koryak until recently. Bilingualism in Russian. The elderly speak Alutor actively and some are monolinguals, the middle-aged know it passively, those younger than 35 know only Russian (1997). Endangered. Children were sent to boarding schools during the 1950s to the 1970s.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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