Southern Altai
алтай тил
Southern Altai is a Turkic language spoken in Russia, China, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia, by about 55.7 thousand people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Southern Altai (also known as Oirot, Oyrot, Altai and Altai proper) is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic, a federal subject of Russia located in Southern Siberia on the border with Mongolia and China. The language has some mutual intelligibility with the Northern Altai language, leading to the two being traditionally considered as a single language. According to modern classifications—at least since the middle of the 20th century—they are considered to be two separate languages.
Written Altai is based on Southern Altai. According to some reports, however, it is rejected by Northern Altai children. Dialects include Altai Proper and Talangit.
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Written down
Ончо улус ак‐јарыкка јайым ла теҥ‐тай тап‐эриктӱ туулат. Олор санааукаалу ла чек кӱӱн‐тапту болуп бӱткен ле бой‐бойын карындаш кирези кӧрӧр лӧ јӱрер учурлу.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Southern Altai
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | эне | ene |
| father | ада | ada |
| child | бала | bala |
| man | эр | er |
| woman | кадыт | kadït |
| person | кижи | kiži |
| friend | ынак | ïnak |
| eye | кӧс | kös |
| ear | кулак | kulak |
| nose | тумчук | tumčuk |
| tooth | тиш | tiš |
| hand | кол | kol |
| heart | јӱрек | ǰürek |
| head | баш | baš |
| blood | кан | kan |
| bone | сӧӧк | söök |
| skin | тере | tere |
| knee | тизе | tize |
| liver | буур | buur |
| water | суу | suu |
| fire | от | ot |
| sun | кӱн | kün |
| moon | ай | ay |
| star | јылдыс | ǰïldïs |
| sky | теҥери | teŋeri |
| rain | јаҥмыр | ǰaŋmïr |
| snow | кар | kar |
| wind | салкын | salkïn |
| mountain | туу | tuu |
| river | суу | suu |
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