Telengit language
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Telengit is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia by the Telengits.[2] It is widespread in the Kosh-Agach and Ulagan districts of the Altai Republic.[1]
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Telengit | |
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Телеҥит тил Teleñit til | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Altai Republic |
Ethnicity | 15,000 Telengits (2019–2024)[1] |
Native speakers | c. 15,000 (2019–2024)[1] |
Turkic
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ISO 639-3 | – |
alt_tal Talangit | |
Glottolog | tala1279 |
![]() A map of the Altai languages, including Telengit (in orange). |
The Telengit are also known as the Telengit-kiji or Chui-kiji.
Classification
It is classified as a Siberian Turkic language. It is considered to be a dialect of the Southern Altai language, along with the Teleut and the literary varieties.
Dialects
The Telengit language can be divided into two main dialects, the Telengit-Teles and Chui dialects.
The Telengit-Teles dialect can be subdivided in to the following subdialects:
- Balyktuyul
- Kara-Kudyur
- Chibilin
- Saratan-Yazulin
- Saratan
- Yuzulin
- Cholushman
- Chibit
Comparison with standard Altai
The Telengit language differs from the literary form of the Altai language in phonetics and morphology.
Instead of the initial [ш], [ч] is used. For example, Telengit чирдек (çirdek), Altay: ширдек 'felt carpet'. Also, in the roots of words, [ш] is used instead of [ч] (Teleñit тепчи (tepçi), Altay: тепши 'bowl').[3]
The sounds [ф], [в], [ш], [ж], [щ], [ц] are not native Telengit and are found mainly in borrowings from the Russian language.[1]
Alphabet
An alphabet for the Ulagan dialect was proposed in 2016.[4]
а | б | ӷ | ғ | д | j | и | й | к | қ | л | м | н | ҥ | о | ӧ | ҧ | р | с | т | у | ӱ | ч | х | ш | ы | э | ӓ |
Another variant of the alphabet, similar to that of the Altai:[citation needed]
А а | Б б | В в | Г г | Д д | Ј ј | Е е |
Ё ё | Ж ж | З з | И и | Й й | К к | Л л |
М м | Н н | Ҥ ҥ | 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 ъ | Ы ы | Ь ь | Э э |
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