Shor
A language of Russian Federation (Asia)
| Population | 6,210. 50 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 13, 975. |
| Region | Altai Krai, Khakass Ao and Gorno-Altai Ao, on River Tomy. |
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Western Asian Russia, reference number 35 |
| Alternate names | Aba, Kondoma Tatar, Kuznets Tatar, Mras Tatar, Shortsy, Tom-Kuznets Tatar |
| Dialects | Mrassa (Mrasu), Kondoma. Some sources combine Shor and Chulym [clw]. |
| Classification | Altaic, Turkic, Northern |
| Language use | Revival of study (I. Nevskaya 1996). Language association formed; a chair of Shor was formed at Pedagogical University in Novokuznetsk. Few domains except perhaps family. Used by few children. Neutral to strongly supportive. |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L2: 95% in Russian. Altai missionaries developed first alphabet mid 19th century. Grammar. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. |
| Comments | Different from Shor dialect of Khakas [kjh]. Traditional religion, Christian. |
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