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KCA ISO 639-3

Khanty

ханты ясаң‎ (hantĩ jasaň) Autonym

A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Hanty, Kazym-Berezover-Suryskarer Khanty, Khant, Khanti, Ostjak, Ostyak, Xanty
Autonym
ханты ясаң‎ (hantĩ jasaň)
Population
9,580 (2010 census). Mostly speakers of Northern Khanty, 2,000 speakers of Eastern Khanty and probably no speakers left in Southern Khanty (Salminen 2007). Ethnic population: 30,900 (2010 census).
Location:
Khanty-Mansi autonomous district; Tomsk province; Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district; along Ob river.
Language Status
6b (Threatened).
Classification
Uralic
Dialects
Northern Khanti, Eastern Khanti, Southern Khanti, Vach (Vasyugan). Intelligibility difficult between geographically distant dialects. 3 dialect groups; ‘Vach’, archaic. Dialect used in writing rejected by many speakers.
Language Use
20%–60% of the ethnic group speaks Khanty. In Eastern Khanty, some child speakers but many shift to Russian [rus] at school age. Northern Khanty is still used in the home but boarding school system often forces a shift to Russian among younger generations. In Southern Khanty, transmission of the language to children stopped long ago. Assimilated to Siberian Tatar [tat] and Russian. Few domains. Some young people, all adults. Positive attitudes. Also use Russian [rus].
Language Development
Russian used in schools. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. Bible portions: 1868–2017.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Khanty
Writing
Cyrillic script [Cyrl].
Other Comments
Traditional religion.

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Map

Location: Khanty-Mansi autonomous district; Tomsk province; Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district; along Ob river.