Telengit language explained

Telengit
Familycolor:altaic
Speakers: 3700
Nativename:Телеҥит тил
Fam1:Turkic
Fam2:Common Turkic
Fam3:Kipchak
Fam5:Southern Altai
States:Russia
Map:File:Altay.svg
Mapcaption:A map of the Altai languages, including Telengit (in orange).
Region:Altai Republic
Script:Cyrillic
Ethnicity:Telengits
Glotto:tala1279
Dialects:Telengit-Teles
  • Balyktuyul
  • Kara-Kudyur
  • Chibilin
  • Saratan-Yazulin
    • Saratan
    • Yuzulin
  • Cholushman
  • Chibit

Chui

Telengit is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia by the Telengits.[1] It is widespread in the Kosh-Agach and Ulagan districts of the Altai Republic.[2]

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", Southern Altai: ширдек, English: felt carpet. Also, in the roots of words, [ш] is used instead of [ч] (Telengit "тепчи",,).[3]

The sounds [ф], [в], [ш], [ж], [щ], [ц] are not native Telengite and are found mainly in borrowings from the Russian language.[4]

Alphabet

An alphabet for the Ulagan dialect was proposed in 2016.

а
бӷғдjийкқлмнҥоӧҧрстуӱчхшыэӓ

Another variant of the alphabet, similar to the Altai:

А аБ бВ вГ гД дЈ јЕ е
Ё ёЖ жЗ зИ иЙ йК кЛ л
М мН нҤ ҥО оӦ ӧП пР р
С сТ тУ уӰ ӱФ фХ хЦ ц
Ч чШ шЩ щЪ ъЫ ыЬ ьЭ э

Notes and references

  1. Web site: ru. Теленгитский язык — все самое интересное на ПостНауке. postnauka.ru.
  2. Web site: Теленгитский язык Малые языки России. minlang.iling-ran.ru.
  3. Web site: ru. Исследования по теленгитскому диалекту алтайского языка. https://web.archive.org/web/20220121074122/http://www.niialt.ru/attachments/article/212/160916-1_chumakaev_1.pdf. 2022-01-21. live.
  4. Web site: Теленгитский язык Малые языки России. minlang.iling-ran.ru.

Sources

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