Orok language

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The Orok language is a critically endangered Tungusic language spoken by the Orok (Uilta) people of Sakhalin Island in Russia.

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Orok language canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Tungusic language
critically endangered language
natural language
alternateName Uilta
Uilta language
linked to: Ulch language

Ulta
associatedReligion shamanism
associatedSubsistence fishing
reindeer herding
basicWordOrder SOV
continent Asia
country Russian Federation
linked to: Russia
documentationStatus poorly documented
dominantContactLanguage Russian
endangermentCause language shift to Russian
ethnicGroup Orok people
Uilta people
hasCaseSystem yes
hasConsonantHarmony no
hasDialects East Sakhalin Orok
North Sakhalin Orok
linked to: East Sakhalin Orok
hasGrammaticalCategory aspect
case
mood
number
person
tense
hasGrammaticalNumber plural
singular
hasNeighboringLanguage Evenki language
Nanai language
Nivkh language
Sakhalin Ainu language
linked to: Ainu language
hasPhonemicVowelLength yes
hasVowelHarmony yes
ISO639-3 oaa
languageFamily Tungusic languages
linguisticArea Siberian linguistic area
morphologyType suffixing
region Russian Far East
linked to: Russia Far East
revitalizationEfforts limited community-based projects
spokenIn Russia
Sakhalin Island
status critically endangered
subfamily Southern Tungusic languages
linked to: Tungusic languages
typology agglutinative language
usedBy Orok people of Sakhalin
writingSystem Cyrillic script

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Tungusic languages hasMemberLanguage Orok language