Chuvash
Чăваш чĕлхи
Chuvash is a Turkic language spoken in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Estonia, by about 738.1 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Chuvash (UK: CHOO-vahsh, US: chuu-VAHSH; Чӑваш чӗлхи, translit. Çăvaş çĕlhi, IPA: [tɕəʋaʃ tɕølɣi], Чӑвашла, translit. Çăvaşla, IPA: [tɕəʋaʃˈla]) is a Turkic language spoken in Volga-Ural region of Russia, primarily in the Chuvash Republic and adjacent areas. It is the only surviving member of the Oghur branch of Turkic languages, one of the two principal branches of the Turkic family.
The writing system for the Chuvash language is based on the Cyrillic script, employing all of the letters used in the Russian alphabet and adding four letters of its own: Ӑ, Ӗ, Ҫ and Ӳ.
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Written down
Пур халӑх та уйрӑм пурӑнма пӗр тан праваллӑ. Ҫак правапа усӑ курса вӗсем хӑйсен политика статусне ирӗклӗн туса хураҫҫӗ, экономика, общество тата культура енӗпе ирӗклӗн аталанаҫҫӗ. Патшалӑхсен ҫак правӑна хисеплемелле, территори пӗр пӗтӗмлӗхӗн принципӗ унпа усӑ курма пӗр енлӗн чарса тӑракан чӑрмав пулмалла мар.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Chuvash
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | анне | anne |
| father | атте | atte |
| child | ача | ač̬a |
| man | ар | ar |
| woman | хӗрарӑм | hĕrarăm |
| name | ят | jat |
| friend | тус | tus |
| eye | куҫ | kuś |
| ear | хӑлха | hălh̬a |
| nose | сӑмса | săms̬a |
| tooth | шӑл | šăl |
| tongue | чӗлхе | čĕlh̬e |
| hand | алӑ | ală |
| heart | чӗре | čĕre |
| head | пуҫ | puś |
| blood | юн | jun |
| bone | шӑмӑ | šămă |
| skin | тир | tir |
| knee | чӗркуҫҫи | čĕrk̬uśśi |
| liver | пӗвер | pĕver |
| water | шыв | šyv |
| fire | вут | vut |
| sun | хӗвел | hĕvel |
| moon | уйӑх | ujăh |
| star | ҫӑлтӑр | śălt̬ăr |
| sky | тӳпе | tüp̬e |
| rain | ҫумӑр | śumăr |
| snow | юр | jur |
| wind | ҫил | śil |
| stone | чул | čul |
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