Teleut is a moribund[2] Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia. It is sometimes considered a dialect of Southern Altai. It was the basis for the Altai literary language before 1917.

Teleut
Тадар, Тэлэңгэт, Пайат
Native toRussia
RegionKemerovo Oblast
EthnicityTeleuts
Native speakers
1570 (2020)[1]
Dialects
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologtele1258
A map of the Altai languages, including Teleut (in pink).

Classification

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The language is classed in the Kipchak languages by Novgorodov et al (2018).[3] It is considered to be a dialect of Southern Altai, with the Telengit dialect or language and the literary form of Altai.

Orthography

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The current orthography of Teleut is as follows:[4]

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

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Росстат — Всероссийская перепись населения 2020". rosstat.gov.ru. Retrieved 2024-04-27.
  2. ^ "Телеутский язык | Minority languages of Russia". minlang.iling-ran.ru. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  3. ^ Novgorodov, Innokentiy N.; Gainutdinova, Albina F.; Ishkildina, Linara K.; Tokmashev, Denis M. (2018), Filchenko, Andrey; Anikina, Zhanna (eds.), "The Teleut Language is of the Kipchak Turkic Language Origin According to the Leipzig–Jakarta List", Linguistic and Cultural Studies: Traditions and Innovations, vol. 677, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 296–302, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-67843-6_35, ISBN 978-3-319-67842-9, retrieved 2024-04-09
  4. ^ Tokmashev, M. G.; Tokmashev, D. M. (2008). Telen︠g︡et tili =: Teleutskiĭ i︠a︡zyk. Kemerovo: Skif : Kuzbass. ISBN 978-5-85905-367-4.

Sources

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  • (ru) Баскаков, Н.A., Диалект чернёвых татар (туба-кижи), Северные диалекты алтаиского (ойротского) языка, 2 volumes, Moscou, Nauka, 1965-1966.

See also

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