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Ninilchik Russian dialect (Ninilchik Russian: Нинильчикий русский romanized : Ninil'chìkiy rùsskiy Russian:Нинильчикий русский romanized:Ninil'chikiy russkiy) is a dialect of the Russian language mainly

spoken by 20 million people.

= History = Before the arrival of Europeans in Alaska, Ninilchik was a Dena'ina Athabaskan lodging area used for hunting and fishing. The name Ninilchik probably derives from Niqnilchint, a Deni'ana Athabaskan word meaning "lodge is built place".

The first Europeans who permanently settled in the village were Russian colonists who moved there from Kodiak Island in 1847, two decades before the Alaska Purchase in 1867 by the United States. They were Russian Grigorii Kvasnikov (anglicized to Kvasnikoff), his Russian-Alutiiq wife Mavra Rastorguev (daughter of Agrafena Petrovna of Afognak), and their children. They were soon joined by the Oskolkoff family, also headed by a Russian man and Alutiiq woman. These were the core families, and their descendants, who often married Alutiiq, made up most of the village.

Their dialect of Russian as spoken in the mid-1800s (plus a few words borrowed from Alaska Native languages that were not found in Standard Russian) became the primary language spoken in Ninilchik, and it survived in that form long past the 1867 Alaska Purchase. A few speakers were still alive in 2013. Russian and American linguists are documenting and cataloging this isolated dialect.

The 1880 United States Census listed 53 "Creoles" living in Ninilchik in nine extended families. All nine old families of Ninilchik are descendants of the original Kvasnikoff and Oskolkoff families, with numerous marriages to Alaska Natives, primarily Alutiiq.

In 1896, a school was built and staffed by Russian Orthodox priests and laymen. Russian Orthodox priests were respected by Alaska Natives because in several areas of southwest Alaska, they had learned indigenous languages and held religious services in those languages. In 1901, the local Russian Orthodox Church was redesigned and constructed at its current site. In 1911 the first school sanctioned by the U.S. government was started, known as the Ninilchik School. In 2011 the community celebrated the 100th anniversary of the school.

Writing system
It written both in the Cyrillic script and the Latin script. The table shows below the IPA and Cyrillic script appendixes:

The Ninilchik Russian Cyrillic alphabet :

А а Б б В в Г г Д д Е е Ё ё Ж ж З з И и Й й К к Л л М м Н н О о П п Р р С с Т т У у Ф ф Х х Ц ц Ч ч Ш ш Щ щ ' Ы ы Ь ь Э э Ю ю Я я


 * В в is /w/  Russian :[v]
 * Ы ы is transliterated as ì
 * Е е is transliterated as é ,i,ó
 * А а is transliterated as à
 * И и is transliterated as ì


 * У у is transliterated as ù
 * Ё ё is transliterated as ó

Comparison with Russian spoken in Russia
Because it is now an extinct language, there is now brief revival. Speakers in the Kenai Peninsula only speak English and Russian. UNESCO defines the language as "Severly Endangered"

To preserve the language, the Goverment of Alaska decides to cataloging and isolating a  dialect.

Vocabulary
The presentage of Ninilchik Russian words came from Russian,But its sentence structure is based Alaska Native American Languages.

Article 1 on Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Все люди рождаются свободными и равными в своем достоинстве и правах. Они наделены разумом и совестью и должны поступать в отношении друг друга в духе братства.

Romanization :  Vse lùdi roshdùatsà svobódnìmi i ravnìmi v svoém dostoinstve i pravakh. Oni nadelenì razumom i sovestù 'i dolshnì postupat' v otnoshenìi drug druga v dukhe bratstva.

Russian

Все люди рождаются свободными и равными в своем достоинстве и правах. Они наделены разумом и совестью и должны поступать в отношении друг друга в духе братства.

Romanization : Vse lyudi rozhdayutsya svobodnymi i ravnymi v svoyem dostoinstve i pravakh. Oni nadeleny razumom i sovest'yu i dolzhny postupat' v otnoshenii drug druga v dukhe bratstva.

Refrences

 * 1) In Alaska, linguists preserve Russian dialect

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