Altai language
E514631
The Altai language is a Turkic language spoken primarily in Russia’s Altai Republic and surrounding regions by the indigenous Altai people.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altai language canonical | 2 |
| Northern Altai language | 2 |
| Southern Altai language | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Turkic language
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Khakas language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shor language NERFINISHED ⓘ Teleut dialect of Southern Siberian Turkic ⓘ |
| countryOfOfficialStatus | Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Altai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| glottologCode | alta1265 ⓘ |
| glottologName | Altai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Chelkan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kumandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Altai NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Altai NERFINISHED ⓘ Telengit ⓘ Tubalar NERFINISHED ⓘ Tölös ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
postpositions rather than prepositions
ⓘ
rich case system ⓘ vowel harmony ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
distinction between long and short vowels (in some dialects)
ⓘ
palatalization contrasts ⓘ |
| historicalScript | Latin script ⓘ |
| iso639-1Code | none ⓘ |
| iso639-2Code | alt ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Common Turkic ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Turkic languages ⓘ |
| macrolanguageStatus | sometimes treated as a macrolanguage including Northern and Southern varieties ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative ⓘ |
| officialStatus | official language of the Altai Republic ⓘ |
| region | South Siberia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates | Altai Republic language policy (regional) ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Altai people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Altai Krai
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Altai Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamily | Siberian Turkic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedAs | symbol of Altai ethnic identity ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Altai folk songs
ⓘ
Altai traditional oral literature ⓘ regional education in the Altai Republic ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Cyrillic script ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Northern Altai language
this entity surface form:
Southern Altai language
this entity surface form:
Northern Altai language