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A conglomeration of tribal dialects constituting the northern section of the Altai branch of northern Turkic, also comprising Southern Altai; very close to the Kondoma dialect of Shor; Northern Altai and Southern Altai are two basically separate entities, which only during the Soviet period were "united" into a single language, and their speakers into a single "nationality," with a uniform written standard.

ALSO KNOWN AS		Teleut, Telengut, северноалтайский язык, алтай тили, кумандинско-челканский язык, Telengit, Kumandin
CLASSIFICATION		Turkic, South Siberian
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		atv
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Information from: “Red Book on Endangered Languages: Northeast Asia” . Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen (2000)

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<10,000
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
20,000
CHILDREN
very few

DATE OF INFO: 1993

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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The transmission of the language to children is definitely becoming rare, but it has probably not yet completely ceased; there may be tribal or local differences.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Russian

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

under increasing interference from Russian, the universal second language of the speakers

PLACES: Russia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: in the northeastern river valleys of the Altai region (Russian Altai), divided between the Altai (Gorno-Altai) Republic and Kemerovo Oblast, Russia

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,570
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Tubalars. Other Northern Altai speakers listed under Southern Altai [alt] in Census (2002). Ethnic population: 67,239 (including Southern Altai)

PLACES: Russia;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Gorno-Altai Ao mountains, Mongolia and China border

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
29,098
Native speakers worldwide

	2000	Red Book on Endangered Languages: Northeast Asia				UNESCO	http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html	Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen	Juha Janhunen; Tapani Salminen. 2000. "UNESCO RED BOOK ON ENDANGERED LANGUAGES: NORTHEAST ASIA." Online: http://www.helsinki.fi/~tasalmin/nasia_report.html		20,000	<10,000	1993	1000-9999		Russian	under increasing interference from Russian, the universal second language of the speakers	all	Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12	The transmission of the language to children is definitely becoming rare, but it has probably not yet completely ceased; there may be tribal or local differences.	13	Russia	in the northeastern river valleys of the Altai region (Russian Altai), divided between the Altai (Gorno-Altai) Republic and Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
		World Oral Literature Project					http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			29,098		10000-99999					Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger		UNESCO Publishing	Paris		http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub															52.2816,87.4827
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX		http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub		1,570		1000-9999	Tubalars. Other Northern Altai speakers listed under Southern Altai [alt] in Census (2002). Ethnic population: 67,239 (including Southern Altai)				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Russia;	Gorno-Altai Ao mountains, Mongolia and China border

Northern Altai

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,570

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

29,098

Discussion

Northern Altai

Language metadata

Language information by source

Endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

<10,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,570

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

29,098

Discussion

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