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Lower Chulym Turkic

Lower Chulym Turkic is a Turkic language spoken in Russia, by about 44 people. Glottolog rates it moribund.

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Lower Chulym Turkic · 56.9°N 86.6°E

Chulym (Chulym: Ось тили, чулым тили, татар тили[, Ös tili, chulym tili, tatar tili; Russian: Чулымский язык), also known as Chulym Tatar, Chulim, Chulym-Turkic (not to be confused with the Kipchak Siberian Tatar language) and Ös, is a critically endangered language of the Chulyms, spoken by no more than 30 people, many of whom are elderly. The names which the people use to refer to themselves are пистиҥ кишилер, pistɪŋ kiʃɪler (our people) and ось кишилер, øs kiʃɪler (Ös people). The native designation for the language is ось тил(и), øs til(ɪ) ~ ø:s til(ɪ), татар тил(и), tatar til(ɪ) and чулым тили chulym til(ɪ).

The language is spoken in Russia at various locations along the Chulym River, usually by indigenous people native to the Chulym river basin.

From Wikipedia · Chulym language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Lower Chulym Turkic

MeaningWordRomanization
personkiZi*
namein*
eyeqaraq*
earqulaq*
nosemurnu*
toothtiS*
tonguetil*
handqol*
bloodqan*
bonesok*
skinCamax*
kneet3Spa*
breasttoS*
waterсууғsuuğ
fireot*
sunkunqarax3*
starj3ld3s*
mountainq3r*
treeaxaC*
nighttin*
dogaday*
fishpaliq*
onepir*
twoigi*
ImEn*
yousEn*
wepis*
drinkiC*
seeker*
heart3Nna*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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