Altay (Алтай тили / Altaj tili)

Altay is a member of the Kypchak branch of the Central Turkic language language family, and is spoken in the Altai republic and Altai Krai in the Russian Federation. These neighbouring regions in southern Siberia are home to about 67,900 Altay speakers, according to the 2002 census.

There are two main subdivisions of the language: Northern Altay in Altai Krai, and southern Altay in the Altai Republic, where it has official status along with Russian. Each of these subdivisions has a number of different dialects.

Altay was written with the Latin alphabet between 1928 and 1938, and has written with the Cyrillic alphabet since 1938.

Altay alphabet and pronunciation

Information about Altay pronunciation compiled by Wolfram Siegel

Sample text in Southern Altay (Lord's prayer)

Sample text in Southern Altay

Source: http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/JPN-altai-south.html

Links

Details of the Altay language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altay_language
http://altaic-wiki.wikispaces.com/Altay+People

Related languages

Altay, Azerbaijani, Balkar, Bashkir, Chuvash, , Even, Evenki, Gagauz, Karakalpak, Kazak, Kumyk, Kyrghyz, Nanai, Tatar, Turkish, Turkmen, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yakut

Other languages written with the Cyrillic alphabet

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