Chulym

It is particularly poignant to work on a language like Chulym where there are only eight speakers remaining, where I've had the opportunity to know each of the last speakers personally, to record their stories, to participate in their lives and it's been a great privilege; then, ultimately, to visit their grave sites when they have passed on.

Nataly Kelly: In the Fight for Language Survival, Technology Helps Shift the Balance of Power Nataly Kelly 2011

It is particularly poignant to work on a language like Chulym where there are only eight speakers remaining, where I've had the opportunity to know each of the last speakers personally, to record their stories, to participate in their lives and it's been a great privilege; then, ultimately, to visit their grave sites when they have passed on.

Nataly Kelly: In the Fight for Language Survival, Technology Helps Shift the Balance of Power Nataly Kelly 2011

KELLY: Koro, mind you, is positively widespread compared with Chulym, a Siberian language that only eight people still speak.

In The Search For 'Last Speakers,' A Great Discovery 2010

KELLY: Koro, mind you, is positively widespread compared with Chulym, a Siberian language that only eight people still speak.

In The Search For 'Last Speakers,' A Great Discovery 2010

KELLY: Koro, mind you, is positively widespread compared with Chulym, a Siberian language that only eight people still speak.

In The Search For 'Last Speakers,' A Great Discovery 2010

KELLY: Koro, mind you, is positively widespread compared with Chulym, a Siberian language that only eight people still speak.

In The Search For 'Last Speakers,' A Great Discovery 2010

KELLY: Koro, mind you, is positively widespread compared with Chulym, a Siberian language that only eight people still speak.

In The Search For 'Last Speakers,' A Great Discovery 2010

KELLY: Koro, mind you, is positively widespread compared with Chulym, a Siberian language that only eight people still speak.

In The Search For 'Last Speakers,' A Great Discovery 2010

KELLY: Koro, mind you, is positively widespread compared with Chulym, a Siberian language that only eight people still speak.

In The Search For 'Last Speakers,' A Great Discovery 2010

KELLY: Koro, mind you, is positively widespread compared with Chulym, a Siberian language that only eight people still speak.

In The Search For 'Last Speakers,' A Great Discovery 2010