Tubalar language

The Tuba-Kiji, Tubalar or Tuba language is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia.

Tubalar
Туба, Тума
Native toRussia
RegionAltai Republic, Altai Krai
EthnicityTubalars
Native speakers
930 (2020)[1]
Turkic
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologtuba1280
A map of the Altai languages, including Tubalar (in green).

The Tuba-Kiji are sometimes called "Black Tatars" (Russian: чернёвых татар) or Tubalars.

Internal classification

The language is classified in the Siberian Turkic languages. It is considered to be a Northern Altai dialect. However, this classification is disputed, and it may be a Kipchak language. The Tubalars, aside from knowing Tubalar, also can understand Chelkan and Kumandin.

Orthography

In 2010, a Russian-Tubalar phrasebook was published, with the following orthography:[2]

А а Б б В в Г г Ғ ғ Д д Ј ј Е е Ё ё Ж ж Җ җ З з
И и Й й К к Қ қ Л л Љ љ М м Н н Ҥ ҥ Њ њ О о Ӧ ӧ
П п Р р С с Т т У у Ӱ ӱ Ф ф Х х Ц ц Ч ч Ҷ ҷ Ш ш
Щ щ Ъ ъ Ы ы Ь ь Э э Ю ю Я я

Notes and references
  1. Том 5. «Национальный состав и владение языками». Таблица 7. Население наиболее многочисленных национальностей по родному языку
  2. А. С. Тодожокова, А. С. Кучукова, ed. (2019). Как это сказать по-тубаларски: русско-тубаларский разговорник. Горно-Алтайск: «Алтын-Туу». pp. /120. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |тираж= ignored (help)

Sources
  • (ru) Баскаков, Н.A., Диалект чернёвых татар (туба-кижи), Северные диалекты алтаиского (ойротского) языка, 2 volumes, Moscou, Nauka, 1965–1966.
  • Ethnologue: Languages of the World (unknown ed.). SIL International., which is incorrect about Northern Altai dialects, for which it gives names of southern dialects as alternative names.


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