Siberian Turkic languages

Not to be confused with Siberian Tatar language.

The Siberian Turkic or Northeastern Common Turkic languages, are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family. The following table is based upon the classification scheme presented by Lars Johanson (1998).^[1] All languages of the branch combined have approximately 670,000 native and second language speakers, with most widely spoken members being Yakut (c. 450,000 speakers), Tuvan (c. 130,000 speakers), Northern Altai (c. 57,000 speakers) and Khakas (c. 29,000 speakers). Despite their usual English name, two major Turkic languages spoken in Siberia, Siberian Tatar and Southern Altai, are not classified as Siberian Turkic, but are rather part of the Kipchak subgroup. Many of these languages have a Yeniseian substratum.^{[2][according to whom?]}

Siberian Turkic
Northeastern Turkic
Geographic distribution	Siberia
Linguistic classification	Turkic Common Turkic Siberian Turkic
Early form	Old Turkic
Subdivisions	North South
Language codes
Glottolog	nort2688  (North) sout2693  (South) west2402  (West Yugur)
Yakut   Dolgan   Khakas   Chulym   Shor   Altai   Tuvan   Tofa   W. Yugur

Classification

Proto-Turkic	Common Turkic	Northeastern Common Turkic (Siberian)	North Siberian		Sakha (Yakut) Dolgan
			South Siberian	Sayan Turkic	Tuvan Tofa Soyot-Tsaatan[3] Tuha
				Yenisei Turkic	Khakas Kumandin[4][5] Northern Altai Chelkan (Chalkan, Chalqandu) Tubalar[6] Shor (Saghay Qaca, Qizil) Western Yugur (Western Uyghur, Yellow Uyghur)[7][8][9][10][11]
				Chulym Turkic	Chulym (Küerik)
				Old Turkic	† Orkhon Turkic † Old Uyghur

Alexander Vovin (2017) notes that Tofa and other Siberian Turkic languages, especially Sayan Turkic, have Yeniseian loanwords.^[12]