Teleut language

Turkic language spoken in Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Teleut language

Teleut is a moribund[2] Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia. It is sometimes considered a dialect of Southern Altai, but also as its own language.[3] Since 2000, the Russian government hass officially recgonized it as a distinct language.[4] It was the basis for the Altai literary language before 1917.

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Teleut
Телеңет тили
Native toRussia
RegionKemerovo Oblast
EthnicityTeleuts
Native speakers
1,570 (2020)[1]
Dialects
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologtele1258
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A map of the Altai languages, including Teleut (in pink).
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Classification

The language is classed in the Kipchak languages by Novgorodov et al (2018).[5] It is considered to be a dialect of Southern Altai, with the Telengit dialect or language and the literary form of Altai.

Phonology

Teleut has 8 vowels:

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Teleut vowels[6]
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High i   y ɯ   u
Low e   ø a   o
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Orthography

In the 1840s, missionaries devised various alphabets to write Teleut to create Church materials for the Teleuts.

A compilation of the orthographies is listed below:

Аа Бб Гг Дд Jj Ее Жж Зз Ii
Йй Кк, К̅ к̅ Лл Мм Нн Ҥҥ, Н̄ н̄ Oo Ӧӧ Пп
Рр Сс Тт Уу Ӱӱ Чч Шш Ыы

The current orthography of Teleut is as follows:[7]

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

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