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It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005).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: CHU
ISO 639-2: tut
| Population | No estimate available. |
| Region | Basin of the Chulym River north of the Altay Mts., a tributary of the Ob River. |
| Alternate names | CHULYM-TURKISH, CHULIM, MELETS TATAR, CHULYM TATAR |
| Dialects | LOWER CHULYM, MIDDLE CHULYM. |
| Classification | Altaic, Turkic, Western, Uralian. |
| Comments | Closely related to Shor; some consider them one language. The government considers them separate. Bilingualism in Russian. Spoken in villages. Also spoken by the Kacik (Kazik, Kuarik). |
