Alutor

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Aliutor, Alyutor, Olyutor

Population

25 (2010 census), decreasing. Some monolinguals. Ethnic population: 2,000 (1997 M. Krauss).

Location

Kamchatka krai: Khailino and Vyvenka villages, northeast Kamchatka peninsula, Rekinniki, Tilichiki and Tymlat; some scattered.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification

Dialects

Alutorskij (Alutor Proper). Considered a dialect of Koryak [kpy] until recently.

Language Use

Shifting to Russian [rus]. Home. Elderly only. Middle-aged adults are passive bilinguals; younger than 35 use only Russian [rus] (1997).

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar.

Language Resources

Other Comments

In 1950s–1970s, children were sent to boarding schools.