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Telengit | |
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Телеҥит тилTeleñit til | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Altai Republic |
Ethnicity | 15,000 Telengits (2019–2024) [1] |
Native speakers | c. 15,000 (2019–2024) [1] |
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Cyrillic | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
alt_tal Talangit | |
Glottolog | tala1279 |
![]() A map of the Altai languages, including Telengit (in orange). |
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]
The Telengit are also known as the Telengit-kiji or Chui-kiji.
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.
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:
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]
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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