page_title: Dolgan language
hierarchical_section_title: Dolgan language
caption_attribution_description: English: Redrawn closely from the original version made by Straughn to get rid of the JPG artifacts, and to convert image's contents into PNG format. Dolgan language color is now green to make the map easier to understand. Yakut language is still blue. This file was derived from&#x3a;&#160; SakhaDolganWorld.jpg BlankMap-World-NoAntarctica.png
context_page_description: The Dolgan language is a Turkic language with around 1,000 speakers, spoken in the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia. The speakers are known as the Dolgans. The word "Dolgan" means 'tribe living on the middle reaches of the river'. This is most likely signifying the geographical location of the Dolgan tribe.
  The language is very local and restricted to a certain area and has declined in usage over the years. As of 2010 there are only about 1,050 speakers of the language. The language has expressed a few changes since the beginning of its formation, such as alphabet and phrasing terms. The issue as of recently has become the weak integration of this local language within families with mixed marriages. Instead of speaking either of the parents' local languages, the family incorporates Russian as the more dominant language to ease interfamilial and external communication. This results in children learning the local language, Dolgan, only a little bit or as a second language and over generations it continues to fade.
context_section_description: The Dolgan language is a Turkic language with around 1,000 speakers, spoken in the Taymyr Peninsula in Russia. The speakers are known as the Dolgans. The word "Dolgan" means 'tribe living on the middle reaches of the river'. This is most likely signifying the geographical location of the Dolgan tribe.
  The language is very local and restricted to a certain area and has declined in usage over the years. As of 2010 there are only about 1,050 speakers of the language. The language has expressed a few changes since the beginning of its formation, such as alphabet and phrasing terms. The issue as of recently has become the weak integration of this local language within families with mixed marriages. Instead of speaking either of the parents' local languages, the family incorporates Russian as the more dominant language to ease interfamilial and external communication. This results in children learning the local language, Dolgan, only a little bit or as a second language and over generations it continues to fade.
caption: Yakut (blue) and Dolgan (green)
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