page_title: Orok people
section_title: Language and culture
hierarchical_section_title: Orok people / Language and culture
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Frauenhandschuhe aus Rotfuchsfell, indigogefäbtem Baumwolltuch und Leder. Volk der Oroken, Insel Sachalin, Russische Föderationa. English: Female mittens made from red fox fur, indigo-dyed cotton canvas and leather. Orok people, Sakhalin island, Federation of Russia. Français&#160;: Moufles féminines faites en fourrure de renard roux, toile de coton teint à l'indigo et cuir. Peuple orok, île de Sakhaline, fédération de Russie.
context_page_description: Oroks, sometimes called Uilta, are a people in the Sakhalin Oblast in Russia. The Orok language belongs to the Southern group of the Tungusic language family. According to the 2002 Russian census, there were 346 Oroks living in Northern Sakhalin by the Okhotsk Sea and Southern Sakhalin in the district by the city of Poronaysk. According to the 2010 census there were 295 Oroks in Russia.
context_section_description: The Orok language belongs to the Southern group of the Tungusic language family. At present, 64 people of the Sakhalin Oroks speak the Orok language, and all Oroks also speak Russian. An alphabetic script, based on Cyrillic, was introduced in 2007. A primer has been published, and the language is taught in one school on Sakhalin.
  The Oroks share cultural and linguistic links with other Tungusic peoples, but before the arrival of Russians, they differed economically from similar peoples due to their herding of reindeer. Reindeer provided the Oroks, particularly in northern Sakhalin, with food, clothing, and transportation. The Oroks also practiced fishing and hunting. The arrival of Russians has had a major effect on Orok culture, and most Oroks today live sedentary lifestyles. Some northern Oroks still practice semi-nomadic herding alongside vegetable farming and cattle ranching; in the south, the leading occupations are fishing and industrial labor.
caption: Red fox fur mittens of the Orok people, 19th century
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