125,700 (Total of Southern and Northern Altai speakers)[1][2]
Language family
Turkic
Common Turkic
Siberian Turkic or Kipchak
Southern Siberian or Kyrgyz–Kipchak[3][4]
Altai
Writing system
Cyrillic
Official status
Official language in
Russia
Altai Republic
Language codes
ISO 639-2
alt
ISO 639-3
Either: atv – Northern Altai alt – Southern Altai
Glottolog
None alta1276 code retired
ELP
Kumandin
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Altai (Altay: Алтай тил, romanized: Altay til) is a set of Turkic languages spoken officially in the Altai Republic, Russia. The standard vocabulary is based on the Southern Altai language, though it's also taught to and used by speakers of the Northern Altai language as well. Gorno–Altai refers to a subgroup of languages in the Altai Mountains.The languages were called Oyrot (ойрот) prior to 1948.[5]
Altai is spoken primarily in the Altai Republic. There is a small community of speakers in the neighbouring Altai Krai as well.
^"Southern Altai".
^"Northern Altai".
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Southern Altai (also known as Oirot, Oyrot, Altai and Altai proper) is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic, a federal subject of Russia located...
Kumandin Language". Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia. UNESCO. Retrieved 2021-07-16. "Northern Altai". ELP Endangered Languages Project...
язык [Altailanguage]. In Institut Jazykoznanija (ed.). Tyurkskie yazyki Языки мира: тюркские языки [Languages of the world: Turkic languages]. Jazyki...
surname Altai people, an ethnic group Altailanguages, the languages spoken by these people Altai, a historical novel by Wu Ming Rupes Altai, a feature...
Gorno-Altai Republic, and colloquially, and primarily referred to in Russian to distinguish from the neighbouring Altai Krai as the Gornyi Altai (Russian:...
Russia portal Altai Republic Altai Krai Altay Prefecture Govi-Altai Province Altaic languages Altay languageAltai-Sayan region List of Altai mountains Graeme...
its Western dialects maintain limited mutual intelligibility with Altailanguages. In October 2017, Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarbayev decreed that...
Turkic languages are a group of languages spoken across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, East Asia and Siberia. Turkic languages are spoken...
to the study of the Turkic languages] (in Russian). Moscow: Nauka. Kormushin, I. V. (2018). "Алтайский язык" [Altailanguage]. Большая российская энциклопедия/Great...
to Altai and similar languages. The Tevriz sub-dialect of the Tobol-Irtysh dialect shares significant elements with the Siberian Turkic languages, namely...
Altai Krai (Russian: Алта́йский край, romanized: Altayskiy kray, IPA: [ɐlˈtajskʲɪj kraj]) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders clockwise...
They reside mainly in the Altai Krai and Altai Republic of the Russian Federation. They speak the Northern Altai Kumandin language. According to the 1926...
national level. There are 25 other official languages, which are used in different regions of Russia. These languages include; Ossetic, Ukrainian, Buryat, Kalmyk...
(thousand) in Middle Korean. This 'zh-mun' is quite similar to the word in Altailanguages meaning 'ten thousand.' In Jurchen, 'ten thousand' was called 'tumen...
Teleut language/dialect of Southern Altailanguage. In the Soviet years and until 2000, the authorities considered the Teleuts to be part of the Altai people...
Northeastern or Siberian Turkic language, closely related to several other Siberian Turkic languages including Khakas and Altai. Its closest relative is the...
Many Tungusic languages are endangered. There are approximately 75,000 native speakers of the dozen living languages of the Tungusic language family. The...
language belonging to the Kipchak branch of the family. It is considered to be an East Kipchak language, forming a subfamily with the Southern Altai language...
and Mongolic languages were found to be converging rather than diverging over the centuries. The relationship between the Altaic languages is now generally...
lake originates from the word "balkas" of Tatar, Kazakh and Southern Altailanguages which means "tussocks in a swamp". From as early as 103 BC up until...
and native language, Altai, and the last two are sung in the Republic's state official language, Russian. See Help:IPA and Altailanguage § Phonology...
There exist several alphabets used by Turkic languages, i.e. alphabets used to write Turkic languages: The New Turkic Alphabet (Yañalif) in use in the...
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