The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: ATV
ISO 639-2: tut
| Population | (71,600 including Southern Altai; 1993 UBS). |
| Region | Gorno-Altai AO mountains, bordering on Mongolia and China. |
| Alternate names | TELEUT, TELENGUT |
| Classification | Altaic, Turkic, Northern. |
| Comments | Not intelligible with Southern Altai. Considered a separate language outside the region. Bilingualism in Russian. Southern Altai is rejected by children. Traditional religion, secularist. |
