Editing Ket language (section)

== History ==

=== Documentation ===
The earliest observations about the language were published by [[Peter Simon Pallas]] in 1788 in a travel diary ({{Lang|ru|Путешествия по разным провинциям Русского Государства}}, {{Lang|ru-latn|Puteshestviya po raznim provintsiyam Russkogo Gosudarstva}}). [[Matthias Castrén]] was one of the last known to study the [[Kott language]]. Castrén lived beside the [[Kan River|Kan river]] with five people of Kott, in which is believed were the last remaining people who spoke the language.{{sfn|Georg|2007|p={{pn|date=May 2021}}}} In 1858, Castrén published the first grammar and dictionary ({{Lang|de|Versuch einer jenissei-ostjakischen und Kottischen Sprachlehre}}), which also included material on the Kott language. During the 19th century, the Ket were mistaken for a tribe of the Finno-Ugric [[Khanty people|Khanty]]. A. Karger in 1934 published the first grammar ({{Lang|ru|Кетский язык}} {{Lang|ru-latn|Ketskij jazyk}}), as well as a Ket primer ({{Lang|ru|Букварь на кетском языке}} {{Lang|ru-latn|Bukvar' na ketskom jazyke}}), and a new treatment appeared in 1968, written by A. Kreinovich.

=== Decline and current use ===
Ket people were subjected to collectivization in the 1930s. In the 1950s and 1960s, according to the recollections of informants, they were sent to Russian-only boarding schools, which led to the ceasing of language transmission between generations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Казакевич, О. и др. 2021. Кетский язык. ПостНаука. |url=https://postnauka.ru/longreads/155721 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227113055/https://postnauka.ru/longreads/155721 |archive-date=27 February 2021 |access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref> Now, Ket is taught as a subject in some primary schools, but only older adults are fluent and few are raising their children with the language. [[Kellog]], Russia, is the only place where Ket is still taught in schools. Special books are provided for grades second through fourth but after those grades there is only Russian literature to read that describes Ket culture.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kryukova |first=Elena |date=2013 |title=The Ket Language: From Descriptive Linguistic to Interdisciplinary Research |url=https://ling.tspu.edu.ru/files/ling/PDF/articles/kryukova_e_a_38_44_1_1_2013.pdf |journal=Tomsk Journal of Linguistics & Anthropology |volume=1 |pages=39}}</ref> There are no known monolingual speakers as of 2006.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Vajda |first=Edward |title=Loanwords in the World's Languages: a Comparative Handbook |publisher=De Gruyter Mouton |year=2006 |pages=471–500}}</ref> A children's book, ''A Bit Lost'' by Chris Haughton, was translated into the language in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Haughton |first=Chris |title=A Bit Lost in the Siberian Ket Language |url=https://blog.chrishaughton.com/a-bit-lost-in-the-siberian-ket-language/ |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=Chris Haughton |date=17 December 2013 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Alexander Maksimovich Kotusov|Alexander Kotusov]] was a Ket folk singer and poet who died in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-03-30 |title=Песни последнего кета |url=https://www.sibreal.org/a/29845240.html |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Сибирь.Реалии |language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2019 |title=Последний бард последнего народа |url=https://trv-science.ru/2019/09/poslednij-bard-poslednego-naroda/ |access-date=22 April 2021 |website=Троицкий вариант — Наука |language=ru-RU}}</ref>

Only three localities, Kellog, [[Surgutikha]] and [[Maduika]], retain a native Ket-speaking population in the present day. Other villages such as [[Serkovo (Krasnoyarsk Krai)|Serkovo]] and [[Pakulikha]] were [[Unpromising villages|destroyed]] in the second half of the 20th century, dispersing the local Ket population to nearby towns.<ref name="Vajda" />