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Where is Dolgan spoken?

Dolgan (һака) is a Turkic language, spoken in Russia. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Dolgan is spoken

Dolgan is spoken in one country: Russia.

Country
Russia

Dolgan has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Dolgan?

Wikidata has only a figure for one place or one part of the language, so no total is given here.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Dolgan sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Dolgan as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

Turkic
Common Turkic
Sakha-Dolgan
Dolgan

Related languages

Other languages in the Sakha-Dolgan group:

Sakha (450,000 speakers)

More about Dolgan

Codes: ISO 639-3 dlg, Glottolog dolg1241. Glottolog macroarea: Eurasia.

Questions about Dolgan

Where is Dolgan spoken?

Dolgan is spoken in Russia. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Dolgan in?

Glottolog places Dolgan in the Turkic family, in the branch Common Turkic and Sakha-Dolgan.