Telengit is a
Turkic language
The Turkic languages are a language family of more than 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and West Asia. The Turkic langua ...
spoken in the
Altai Republic
The Altai Republic, also known as the Gorno-Altai Republic, is a republic of Russia located in southern Siberia. The republic borders Kemerovo Oblast to the north, Khakassia to the northeast, Tuva to the east, Altai Krai to the west, as well ...
in
Russia
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by the
Telengits
Telengits or Telengut () are a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia that are recognized as one of the minor indigenous peoples of Russia. They mainly live in the Kosh-Agachsky District of the federal Altai Republic.
History
Chinese c ...
.
It is widespread in the
Kosh-Agach
Kosh-Agach (; , ''Koş-Agaş''; , ''Qosağaş'') is a rural locality (a selo) and the administrative center of Kosh-Agachsky District of the Altai Republic, Russia. Population:
Geography Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification, ...
and
Ulagan districts of the Altai Republic.
The
Telengit are also known as the Telengit-kiji or Chui-kiji.
Classification
It is classified as a
Siberian Turkic language
The Siberian Turkic or Northeastern Common Turkic languages, are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family. The following table is based upon the classification scheme presented by Lars Johanson (1998). All languages of the branch combined have ...
. It is considered to be a dialect of the
Southern Altai language
Southern Altai (also known as Oirot, Oyrot, Altai and Altai proper) is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic, a federal subject of Russia located in Southern Siberia on the border with Mongolia and China. The language has some mutual i ...
, 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.
The Telengit-Teles dialect can be subdivided in to the following subdialects:
*Balyktuyul
*Kara-Kudyur
*Chibilin
*Saratan-Yazulin
**Saratan
**Yuzulin
*Cholushman
*Chibit
The Chui dialect can be subdivided in to the following subdialects:
*Kosh-Agach
*Jazzator - This subdialect has a unique feature that is not typical of other dialects of the Altaic language: affixes with a wide rounded vowel
�occur after bases with a narrow rounded vowel
�
Comparison with standard Altai
The Telengit language differs from the literary form of the Altai language in phonetics and morphology.
Instead of the initial
� �is used. For example, Telengit (), 'felt carpet'. Also, in the roots of words,
�is used instead of
�(Teleñit (), 'bowl').
The sounds
� � � � � �are not native Telengit and are found mainly in borrowings from the Russian language.
Alphabet
An alphabet for the Ulagan dialect was proposed in 2016.
But the alphabet used is similar to that used in the
Altaic language.
:
Notes and references
Sources
*
askakov 1965-1966(ru) Н.A. Баскаков (2 volumes), « Диалект чернёвых татар (туба-кижи) », dans Северные диалекты алтаиского (ойротского) языка, Moscou, Nauka, 1965–1966
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lmadakova 2017b(ru) Н. Д. Алмадакова, « Фонетический строй диалектов алтайского языка и вопросы алфавита литературного алтайского языка », dans Актуальные вопросы современной филологии: теоретические проблемы и прикладные аспекты: Материалы международной научно-практической конференции. ІХ Багизбаевские чтения. ‒ Алматы, 28 апреля 2017, Алматы, Қазақ университеті, 2017 (
ISBN 978-601-04-2350-3, lire en ligne), p. 37-40
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External links
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Kipchak languages
Indigenous languages of Siberia
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