Orok language
| Orok | |
|---|---|
| Uilta | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Sakhalin Oblast (Russian Far East) |
| Ethnicity | 300 Orok (2010 census) |
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Native speakers
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50 (2010 census) |
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Tungusic
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| Cyrillic | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | orok1265 |
Orok is the Russian name for the language known by its speakers as Uilta, Ulta, or Ujlta. Similarly, the people are called Oroks or Ulta. It is a Tungusic language. The language is spoken in the Poronaysky and Nogliksky Administrative Divisions of Sakhalin Oblast, in the Russian Federation.
According to the 2002 Russian census there were 346 Oroks living in Russia, of whom 64 were competent in Orok. By the 2010 census, that number had dropped to 47. Oroks also live on the island of Hokkaido in Japan, but the number of speakers in uncertain, and certainly small.
There are two dialects of Orok: northern (east Sakhalin) and southern (poronaysky). The variety of the language spoken on the island of Hokkaido belongs to the southern dialect.
Orok is used conversationally in everyday situations by the members of the older generation. It is also the language of oral folk literature. Oroks also speak Russian.
An alphabetic script, based on Cyrillic, was introduced in 2007. A primer has been published, and the language is taught in one school on the island of Sakhalin.
Orok is a Tungusic language language that is spoken in areas of Sakhalin, Russia and Hokkaido, Japan. Its language code is 'oaa'. Orok is also known as Ulta, Ujlta, Uilta, and Sprache der Oroken. Currently it can be classified as a moribund or critically endangered language. The 2010 census reported 47 Orok people who are able to speak Orok competently. Furthermore, in a paper by Yoshiko Yamada in 2010, it is stated that there are 10 active speakers, 16 conditionally bilingual speakers, and 24 passive speakers who can understand with the help of Russian. The article states that "It is highly probable that the number has since decreased further."
The language of Orok is classified as a Tungusic language. More specifically, it is classified as a Southern Tungusic language and Amur Tungusic language.
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