It's in the Turkic family and was severely repressed (as were all 'native' languages) during the Soviet regime. The oldest speaker is in her 90s and the youngest in his 50s.

As for the rest of y'all: ()

Edit: I had the brilliant idea of looking at the college's web site, et Viola's yer aunt! Here's the full story:

http://www.swarthmore.edu/news/releases/04/harrison.html/