Northern Altai language

Northern Altai
Northern Altai
тÿндÿк алтай тили, tündük altay tili
Native to	Russia
Region	Altai Republic ; Altai Krai
Native speakers	57,000 speakers (2010)
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Siberian Turkic South Siberian Yenisei Turkic Northern Altai; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Kumandy; Chelkan; Tubalar?;
Writing system	Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3	atv
Glottolog	nort2686
ELP	Northern Altai
	Map showing the locations of the Northern and Southern Altai varieties in Russia

Northern Altai or Northern Altay is the several tribal Turkic dialects spoken in the Altai Republic of Russia. Though traditionally considered one language, Southern Altai and the Northern varieties are not fully mutually intelligible. Written Altai is based on Southern Altai, and is rejected by Northern Altai children.

Northern Altai is written in Cyrillic. In 2006, in the Altay kray, an alphabet was created for the Kumandin variety.

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