Khanty
A language of Russian Federation (Asia)
| Population | 13,600. Ethnic population: 28,678. |
| Region | Khanty-Mansi National Okrug; east past the Mansi [mns], along Ob River. |
| Language map |
Western Asian Russia, reference number 17 |
| Alternate names | Hanty, Khant, Khanti, Ostyak, Xanty |
| Dialects | Northern Khanti, Eastern Khanti, Southern Khanti, Vach (Vasyugan). Intelligibility difficult between geographically distant dialects. 3 dialect groups; Vach ‘archaic’. Dialect used in writing rejected by many speakers. |
| Classification | Uralic |
| Language use | Northern Khanty has 9,000 speakers out of 15,000; Eastern has 3,000 out of 5,000; Southern has few or none out of 1,000. Few domains. Used by few children. Positive attitude. Some also use Russian. |
| Language development | Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2007. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. |
| Comments | Hunters; fishermen; animal husbandry: cattle. Traditional religion. |
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