Telengit is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia by the Telengits. It is widespread in the Kosh-Agach and Ulagan districts of the Altai Republic.
The Telengit are also known as the Telengit-kiji or Chui-kiji.
Classification It is classified as a Kyrgyz-Kipchak. 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.
The Telengit-Teles dialect can be subdivided in to the following subdialects:
Balyktuyul Kara-Kudyur Chibilin Saratan-Yazulin Saratan Yuzulin Cholushman Chibit
The Chui dialect can be subdivided in to the following subdialects: Kosh-Agach Jazzator - This subdialect has a unique feature that is not typical of other dialects of the Altaic language: affixes with a wide rounded vowel [ӧ] occur after bases with a narrow rounded vowel [ӱ].
Comparison with standard Altai 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 (), 'felt carpet'. Also, in the roots of words, [ш] is used instead of [ч] (Teleñit (), 'bowl').
The sounds [ф], [в], [ш], [ж], [щ], [ц] are not native Telengit and are found mainly in borrowings from the Russian language.
Alphabet An alphabet for the Ulagan dialect was proposed in 2016. +The alphabet of the Telengit language of the Teles (Ulagan) dialect proposed by N. D. Almadakovaабӷғдjийкқлмнҥоӧҧрстуӱчхшыэӓ
But the alphabet used is similar to that used in the Altaic language.: А а Б б В в Г г Д д Ј ј Е е Ё ё Ж ж З з И и Й й К к Л л М м Н н Ҥ ҥ О о Ӧ ӧ П п Р р С с Т т У у Ӱ ӱ Ф ф Х х Ц ц Ч ч Ш ш Щ щ Ъ ъ Ы ы Ь ь Э э
Notes and references
Sources
[Baskakov 1965-1966] (ru) Н.A. Баскаков (2 volumes), « Диалект чернёвых татар (туба-кижи) », dans Северные диалекты алтаиского (ойротского) языка, Moscou, Nauka, 1965–1966
[Almadakova 2017b] (ru) Н. Д. Алмадакова, « Фонетический строй диалектов алтайского языка и вопросы алфавита литературного алтайского языка », dans Актуальные вопросы современной филологии: теоретические проблемы и прикладные аспекты: Материалы международной научно-практической конференции. ІХ Багизбаевские чтения. ‒ Алматы, 28 апреля 2017, Алматы, Қазақ университеті, 2017 (, lire en ligne), p. 37-40
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