Teleut language

Teleut is a moribund Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia, spoken by Teleuts. It is sometimes considered a dialect of Southern Altai, but also as its own language. Since 2000, the Russian government has officially recognised it as a distinct language. It was the basis for the Altai literary language before 1917.

Classification The language is classed in the Kipchak languages by Novgorodov et al (2018). It is considered to be a dialect of Southern Altai, with the Telengit dialect or language and the literary form of Altai. The language had contacts with Ket and Ob Ugric languages.

Phonology Teleut has 8 vowels: +Teleut vowelsFrontBackHighLow

Orthography In the 1840s, missionaries devised various alphabets to write Teleut to create Church materials for the Teleuts.

A compilation of the orthographies is listed below: АаБбГгДдJjЕеЖжЗзIiЙйЛлМмНнOoӦӧПпРрСсТтУуӰӱЧчШшЫы The current orthography of Teleut is as follows: А аБ бВ вГ гҒ ғД дЈ јЕ еЁ ёЖ жЗ зИ иЙ йК кҚ қЛ лМ мН нҢ ңО оӦ ӧП пР рС сТ тУ уӰ ӱФ фХ хЦ цЧ чШ шЩ щъьЫ ыЭ эЮ юЯ я

Notes and references

Sources

(ru) Баскаков, Н.A., Диалект чернёвых татар (туба-кижи), Северные диалекты алтаиского (ойротского) языка, 2 volumes, Moscou, Nauka, 1965-1966.

Teleut language

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