Aleut, Mednyj
A language of Russian Federation (Asia)
| Population | 10 (Krauss 1995). |
| Region | Komandor Islands, Copper Island. |
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Eastern Asian Russia, reference number 22 |
| Alternate names | Attuan, Copper, Copper Island Aleut, Copper Island Attuan, Creolized Attuan, Medny |
| Classification | Mixed language, Russian-Aleut |
| Language use | Most ethnic group members in the Russian Federation speak Russian as L1. |
| Language development | Taught in school until the fourth grade. Grammar. |
| Comments | 1820–1840 dozens of Aleut families brought from other islands to Komandor Islands. Until 1960s, 2 villages on Bering and Medny islands. 1950s–1980s children were sent by the state to boarding schools. Christian. Nearly extinct. |
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