“Kŋalozʔaʔn ujeretʔiʔn ŋeteɫkilaʔn 2012” (Keepers of the native hearth 2012) – community efforts to save the endangered Itelmen language in Kamchatka, Russia

• Main Authors: Degai, Tatiana, Ono, Chikako, Koester, David
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Kamchatka Peninsula; Itelmen; Kamchatka
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/26060

Kamchatka peninsula in the Far Eastern part of Russia is home to Itelmens – a small indigenous group. With a total population of 3000 people only 10 elders can converse in the Itelmen language, which belongs to the Chukotko-Kamchatkan language family. This paper will present an international project...