Northern Altai
[别称 Teleut, Telengut, северноалтайский язык]语系:Turkic
·濒危
语系:Turkic
·濒危
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.