Shor | Ethnologue

A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639: cjs
Alternate Names: Aba, Kuznets Tatar, Shortsy, Tom-Kuznets Tatar
Autonym: Тадар тили‎ (Tadar tili), Шор тили‎ (Šor tili)
Population: 2,840 (2010 census). 50 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 12,900 (2010 census).
Location:: Kemerovo province; scattered throughout Russian Federation.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Turkic, Northern
Dialects: Mrassa (Mras Tatar, Mrasu), Kondoma (Kondoma Tatar). Some sources combine Shor and Chulym [clw].
Language Use: Few domains except perhaps family. Adults only, mostly middle-aged or older (Salminen 2007). Mixed attitudes, from neutral to strongly positive. Shifting to Russian [rus].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 95% in Russian [rus]. Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 2004–2011.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Shor
Writing: Cyrillic script [Cyrl], Altai missionaries developed first alphabet in 1880s. Latin script [Latn], used between 1930-1938.
Other Comments: Different from Shor dialect of Khakas [kjh]. Study of Shor revived; language association formed; chair of Shor created at Pedagogical University in Novokuznetsk (1996 I. Nevskaya). Traditional religion, Christian.

Location: Kemerovo province; scattered throughout Russian Federation.