Khakas language
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Khakas, also known as Xakas,[4][lower-alpha 1] is a Turkic language spoken by the Khakas, who mainly live in the southwestern Siberian Republic of Khakassia, in Russia. The Khakas number 73,000, of whom 42,000 speak the Khakas language. Most Khakas speakers are bilingual in Russian.[5]
Khakas | |
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Хакас тілі, тадар тілі | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Khakassia |
Ethnicity | Khakas |
Native speakers | 43,000 (2010 census)[1] |
Turkic
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Dialects | |
Cyrillic | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Russia |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kjh |
Glottolog | khak1248 |
ELP | Khakas |
Traditionally, the Khakas language is divided into several closely related dialects, which take their names from the different tribes: Sagay [ru], Kacha [ru], Koybal, Beltir, and Kyzyl[clarification needed]. In fact, these names represent former administrative units rather than tribal or linguistic groups. The people speaking all these dialects simply referred to themselves as Tadar (i.e. Tatar).