Southern Altai

Kipchak Turkic language of the Altai Republic, Russia
Intangible natural_language Q1991779
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Southern Altai

Summary

Southern Altai is a natural language[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern Altai is in the country of Russia[3].
  • Southern Altai's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Southern Altai's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Southern Altai is a type of Kyrgyz–Kipchak[6].
  • Southern Altai's writing system is recorded as Altai alphabet[7].
  • Southern Altai's writing system is recorded as Cyrillic script[8].
  • Southern Altai's Wikimedia language code is recorded as alt[9].
  • Southern Altai is the opposite of Northern Altai[10].
  • Southern Altai's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.85, 'lon': 86.9}[11].
  • Southern Altai's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Southern Altai language[12].
  • Southern Altai's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+55720'}[13].
  • Southern Altai's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[14].
  • Southern Altai's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'alt', 'text': 'алтайдыҥ тил'}[15].
  • Southern Altai's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'alt', 'text': 'алтай тил'}[16].
  • Southern Altai's UNESCO language status is recorded as 3 definitely endangered[17].
  • Southern Altai's indigenous to is recorded as Altai Mountains[18].
  • Southern Altai's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ALT[19].
  • Southern Altai's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 2 Provincial[20].
  • Southern Altai's dialect of is recorded as Altai[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4] and modern language[5]. Southern Altai is a type of Kyrgyz–Kipchak[6]. It is the opposite of Northern Altai[10].

Why It Matters

Southern Altai has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Glottolog. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . gks.ru. gks.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Red Book of Endangered Languages. Retrieved . unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of natural language, modern language
    Described by source Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1
    Dialect of Altai
    Indigenous to Altai Mountains
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