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Telengit
Телеҥит тил
Native toRussia
RegionAltai Republic
EthnicityTelengits
Native speakers
c. 3700
Turkic
DialectsTelengit-Teles
  • Balyktuyul
  • Kara-Kudyur
  • Chibilin
  • Saratan-Yazulin
    • Saratan
    • Yuzulin
  • Cholushman
  • Chibit
Chui
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologtala1279
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.

The Telengit are also known as the Telengit-kiji or Chui-kiji.

Internal 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.

Linguistic characteristics

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", Altay: ширдек, English: felt carpet. Also, in the roots of words, [ш] is used instead of [ч] (Telengit "тепчи", Altay: тепши, English: bowl)

Alphabet

An alphabet for the Ulagan dialect was proposed in 2016.[1]

Ulagan Telengit alphabet[2]
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

Notes and references

  1. ^ Тазранова 2021.
  2. ^ Алмадакова 2017b, p. 39.

Sources