Itelmen language
E582389
The Itelmen language is a critically endangered Chukotko-Kamchatkan language traditionally spoken by the Indigenous Itelmen people of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chukotko-Kamchatkan language
ⓘ
critically endangered language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Itelmen culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
traditional subsistence activities on Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Alutor language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chukchi language NERFINISHED ⓘ Koryak language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| documentedBy | linguistic fieldwork ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
dictionaries
ⓘ
grammars ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | UNESCO critically endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Itelmen people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Northern Itelmen dialect
ⓘ
Sedanka dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Itelmen dialect ⓘ Western Itelmen dialect NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
polysynthetic structure ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ stress accent system ⓘ vowel reduction ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | southwestern Kamchatka Peninsula ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Russian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | itl ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageShiftTo | Russian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeName |
itelmən
ⓘ
итэнмэн ⓘ |
| numberOfSpeakersTrend | declining ⓘ |
| region |
Northeastern Siberia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Far East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| revitalizationEffort |
community-based language classes
ⓘ
documentation projects by linguists ⓘ school programs in Kamchatka ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Kamchatka Krai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kamchatka Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | critically endangered ⓘ |
| subfamily | Kamchatkan branch ⓘ |
| traditionalUse |
everyday communication within Itelmen communities
ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ ritual speech ⓘ |
| usedBy | elderly speakers predominantly ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
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