Alutor

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A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639-3
alr
Alternate Names
Aliutor, Alyutor, Olyutor
User Population

25 (2010 census), decreasing. 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
Chukotko-Kamchatkan, Northern, Koryak-Alyutor
Dialects

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

Language Use

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

Language Development

Dictionary.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Alutor
Other Comments

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