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The MednyjAleutLanguage is a RussianAleutMixedLanguage of Russia (Asia). SIL code: MUD. ISO 639-2: mis. Population: 10 (1995 M. Krauss). Region: Copper Island, Komandor Islands. Alternate names: MEDNY, COPPER, COPPER ISLAND ALEUT, ATTUAN, COPPER ISLAND ATTUAN, CREOLIZED ATTUAN. Comments: Bilingualism in Russian. Aleut is taught in school until the fourth grade. Most ethnic group members in Russia speak Russian as mother tongue. From 1820 to 1840 dozens of Aleut families were brought from various islands to the Komandor Islands. Until the 1960s there were two villages on Bering and Medny islands. From the 1950s to the 1980s children were sent by the state to boarding schools. Christian. Nearly extinct.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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