Altai languages

The Altai language is the native language Altai people and also the official language of the Altai Republic, one of the Republican Federations of Russia located in Siberia. This language is from the Turkic languages sub-group.

Altai
Алтай тили
Altay tili
Native to	Russia
Region	Altai Republic (Southern Altai), Altai Krai (Northern Altai)
Ethnicity	Altai, Chelkans, Telengits, Tubalar
Native speakers	57,000 (2010 census)[1] (may not all be fluent)
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Siberian Turkic Altai
Writing system	Cyrillic
Official status
Official language in	Altai Republic (Russia)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	alt
ISO 639-3	Either: atv – Northern Altai alt – Southern Altai
Glottolog	alta1276
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Related pages

• Altai people