Tubalar | |
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Туба, Тума | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Altai Republic, Altai Krai |
Ethnicity | Tubalars |
Native speakers | 930 (2020)[1] |
Turkic
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Cyrillic | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | tuba1280 |
A map of the Altai languages, including Tubalar (in green). |
The Tuba-Kiji, Tubalar or Tuba language is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia.
The Tuba-Kiji are sometimes called "Black Tatars" (Russian: чернёвых татар) or Tubalars.
The language is classified in the Siberian Turkic languages. It is considered to be a Northern Altai dialect.[2] However, this classification is disputed, and it may be a Kipchak language. The Tubalars, aside from knowing Tubalar, also can understand Chelkan and Kumandin.
In 2010, a Russian-Tubalar phrasebook was published, with the following orthography:[3]
А а | Б б | В в | Г г | Ғ ғ | Д д | Ј ј | Е е | Ё ё | Ж ж | Җ җ | З з |
И и | Й й | К к | Қ қ | Л л | Љ љ | М м | Н н | Ҥ ҥ | Њ њ | О о | Ӧ ӧ |
П п | Р р | С с | Т т | У у | Ӱ ӱ | Ф ф | Х х | Ц ц | Ч ч | Ҷ ҷ | Ш ш |
Щ щ | Ъ ъ | Ы ы | Ь ь | Э э | Ю ю | Я я |
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