Alternate Names: Kiakala, Tazy, Ude, Udegeis, Udeghe, Udehe
Dialects: Aniuy, Bikin, Iman, Khor, Khungari, Kur-Urmi, Samarga. Dialect differences not great.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 100 (2010 census). Ethnic population: 1,500 (2010 census).
Language Use: Shifting rapidly to Russian [rus] (Salminen 2007). Home. Elderly only.
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar.
Writing System: Cyrillic
Nation of Origin: Russian Federation
Other Comments: Resettled in artificial villages in Russian-speaking , region with Ukrainian and Nanai people. Children sent to boarding schools. Hezhe, in China may refer to this. Traditional religion, Christian.