Gilyak
A language of Russian Federation (Asia)
| Population | 690. Ethnic population: 2,000 Amur, 2,700 Sakhalin (1995 M. Krauss). Ethnic population: 5,162. |
| Region | Sakhalin Island, Nekrasovka and Nogliki villages; Rybnoe, Moskalvo, Chir-Unvd, Viakhtu, other villages; along Amur River, Aleevka village. |
| Language map |
Eastern Asian Russia, reference number 11 |
| Alternate names | Nivkh, Nivkhi |
| Dialects | Amur, East Sakhalin Gilyak, North Sakhalin Gilyak. The Amur and East Sakhalin dialects have difficult inherent mutual intelligibility. North Sakhalin is between them linguistically. |
| Classification | Language isolate |
| Language use | Forced resettlement weakened use. Some are scattered and without regular contact with other speakers. Home. Mainly older adults. Neutral to mildly supportive toward Gilyak. Also use Russian. |
| Language development | Taught through second grade in settlements at Nogliki and Nekrasovka. Not taught at Amur. Dictionary. Grammar. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. Latin script. |
| Comments | Fishermen; agriculturalists. |
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