ISO 639-3 · dlgdlg
Turkic family
Dolgan
долган
Dolgan is a language of the Siberian Turkic branch (Turkic), spoken in Russia. Wikidata counts about 4,836 speakers (2021). Wikidata describes it as “Turkic language with around 5,000 speakers, spoken in the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
dlg- Glottocode
dolg1241- Family
- Turkic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 51 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Dolgan · долган |
|---|---|
| Also called | Dolgan language |
| All speakers | 4,836 (2021) |
| Written in | Cyrillic |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Turkic to Dolgan
The branches above Dolgan, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Russia
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