Altai, Southern
A language of Russian Federation (Asia)
| Population | 20,000 (1993 J. Janhunen). Ethnic population: 67,239 (including Northern Altai [atv], but excluding 2,399 Talangits and 2,650 Teleuts, 2002 census). |
| Region | Gorno-Altai Ao mountains, Mongolia and China border. |
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Western Asian Russia, reference number 36 |
| Alternate names | Altai, Oirot, Oyrot |
| Dialects | Altai Proper (Altai-Kizhi, Altaj Kizi, Maina-Kizhi, Southern Altai), Talangit (Talangit-Tolos, Chuy). Not inherently intelligible with Northern Altai [atv], though there is a dialect subgroup between them. |
| Classification | Altaic, Turkic, Northern |
| Language use | Traditional domains. All ages. Written Altai based on Southern Altai, but is rejected by Northern Altai children. Also use Russian. |
| Language development | As medium in a few schools and a subject in a few schools. NT: 2003. |
| Writing system | Cyrillic script. Mongolian script. |
| Comments | Different from Oirat [xal] (Kalmyk-Oirat), a Mongolian language. Animal husbandry: cattle; agriculturalists; hunters. Traditional religion, Christian, secularist. |
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