Negidal

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Language: Negidal
Alternate names: Neghidal, Nigidal, Ilkan Beye, El'kan Beye, Elkembei, негидальский язык, Неғида, Negidaly,
Language code: neg
Language family: Altaic, Tungusic, Northern, Negidal (SIL classification)
Number of speakers: ~150
Vulnerability: Endangered
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From 1950s–1980s the state sent children to boarding schools. Contacts and intermarriage with the Ulch, Nanai, and Nivkh in the Amur area. Traditional religion.

Negidal is spoken in Russia, Caucasus;Europe;East Asia.