Alternate Names: El’kan Beye, Elkembey, Ilkan Beye, Neghidal, Negidaly
Dialects: Nizovsk, Verkhovsk.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 74 (2010 census). Only a few fully fluent (Salminen 2007). Ethnic population: 510 (2010 census).
Language Use: Seriously endangered (2000 A. Kibrik). Mainly older adults. Also use Russian [rus].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.
Nation of Origin: Russian Federation
Other Comments: From 1950s–1980s the state sent children to boarding schools. Contacts and intermarriage with the Ulch, Nanai, and Nivkh in the Amur area. Traditional religion.