Chulym language

Chulym (in Chulym: Ось тили, Ös tili; Russian: Чулымский язык), also known as Chulim, Chulym-Turkic (not to be confused with the Turkic Siberian Tatar language), is the language of the Chulyms. The names which the people use to refer to themselves are 1. пистиҥ кишилер, pistɪŋ kiʃɪler (our people) and 2. ось кишилер, øs kiʃɪler (Ös people). The native designation for the language are ось тил(и), øs til(ɪ) ~ ø:s til(ɪ), and less frequently тадар тил(и), tadar til(ɪ).

Chulym
Ось тили, тадар тили
Pronunciation[øs tilɪ ~ ø:s tilɪ], [tadar tilɪ]
Native toRussia
RegionTyukhtetsky District, Teguldetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast
Ethnicity355 Chulyms (2010 census)
Native speakers
44 (2010 census)
Dialects
  • Lower Chulym†
  • Middle Chulym
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3clw
Glottologchul1246
ELPChulym
Chulym Turk is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The language is spoken in Russia, at various locations along the Chulym River.

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