Alutor

A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639: alr
Alternate Names: Aliutor, Alyutor, Olyutor
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.
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.
Other Comments: In 1950s–1970s, children were sent to boarding schools.

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