Chuvash language

Chuvash (Чӑвашла, Čăvašla; IPA: [tɕəʋaʂˈla])^[2] is a Turkic language. It is spoken in Chuvashia, a part of central Russia. It is the only language from the Oghur branch of the Turkic languages that is still spoken today. Though many Turkic languages can be understood by different speakers, Chuvash is quite different.

Chuvash
Чӑвашла, Čăvašla
Pronunciation	[tɕəʋaʂˈla]
Native to	Russia
Region	Chuvashia and adjacent areas
Ethnicity	Chuvash
Native speakers	1.1 million (2010 census)[1]
Language family	Turkic Oghur (Lir) Chuvash
Early form	Bulgar
Writing system	Cyrillic
Official status
Official language in	Russia  Chuvashia
Language codes
ISO 639-1	cv
ISO 639-2	chv
ISO 639-3	chv
Glottolog	chuv1255
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Chuvash is written using the Cyrillic script. Its alphabet has all of the letters of the Russian alphabet and adds four letters of its own: Ӑ, Ӗ, Ҫ and Ӳ.