Udihe

UDE

nearly extinct

Alternate Names: Kiakala, Tazy, Ude, Udegeis, Udeghe, Udehe

Dialects: Aniuy, Bikin, Iman, Khor, Khungari, Kur-Urmi, Samarga. Dialect differences not great.

Genealogy:

Altaic
Tungusic
Southern
Southeast
Udihe

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.