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Southern Altai
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English
Proper noun
Southern Altai
A Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic, Russia on the border of Mongolia and the People's Republic of China. There is no mutual intelligibility with Northern Altai.
Usage notes
Written Altai is based on Southern Altai, but is rejected by Northern Altai children. Dialects include Altai Proper and Talangit.
Synonyms
Oirot, Oyrot, Altai
Translations
language
Altai:
Southern Altai: alt Алтай тил
Armenian: hy
Cherokee: chr ᏧᎦᎾᏮ ᏗᏜ ᎠᎵᏔᎢ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 南阿爾泰語 Nán Āěrtài yǔ
Georgian: ka
Irish: ga Altaeis an Deiscirt f
Japanese: ja 南アルタイ語 みなみアルタイご, Minami Arutai go
Russian: ru южноалта́йский m
Turkish: tr Altayca, tr Güney Altayca
See also
Southern Altai language
Further reading
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