Soyot-Tsaatan language
| Soyot-Tsaatan | |
|---|---|
| сойыт тыл | |
| Native to | Russia, Mongolia |
| Region | Buryatia, Khövsgöl Province |
| Ethnicity | Soyots |
| Extinct | Second half of 20th century (partly revitalized)[1][2] |
Turkic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | soyo1234 Soyot |
| ELP | Soyot |
Soyot-Tsaatan (or Soyot) is an extinct and revitalizing Turkic language of the Siberian Sayan branch similar to the Dukhan language and closely related to the Tofa language.[1] Two dialects/languages are spoken in Russia and Mongolia: Soyot in the Okinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia (Russia) and Tsaatan (Uriankhai Uyghur) in the Darkhad valley of Mongolia.
The language is revitalizing in primary schools.[1] In 2002, a Soyot-Buryat-Russian dictionary was published.[1][3] In 2020, a children's book was published in the Soyot language, along with Russian, Mongolian, and English translations.[4]
Classification[]
According to some researchers, the Sayan-Turkic branch has five languages:[5][6]
- Tuvan (ISO 639:tyv)
- Tofa (ISO 639:kim)
- Soyot
- Dukhan (
ISO 639:dkh, rejected) - Tuba (extinct, not to be confused with the Tubalar dialect of Northern Altai language)
According to Glottolog, the Soyot is a dialect of the Taiga and Sayan languages:[7]
- Tuvinian language (ISO 639:tyv)
- Four dialects
- Taiga Sayan (ISO 639:kim)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Rassadin, V.I. "The Soyot Language". Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia. UNESCO. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
- ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Soyot-Buryat-Russian Dictionary".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Soyot Picture Dictionary" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "THE DUKHAS OF MONGOLIA A 'NOT LOST' TURCOPHONE PEOPLE" (PDF). Retrieved 2 January 2021.
...Dukhan language, it belongs to the taiga subgroup of Sayan Turkic, which itself is a member of the Siberian branch of the Turkic languages. The other Taiga Sayan Turkic languages are Tofan, which is spoken in the Irkutsk Oblast’, with varieties spoken in the Toja and Tere-Khöl regions of the Tuvan republic, and the Soyot language spoken in the Oka region of the Buryat republic.
- ^ "A comparative study on the Sayan languages (Turkic; Russia and Mongolia) | Student Repository". studenttheses.universiteitleiden.nl. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Glottolog 4.3 - Sayan". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- Siberian Turkic languages
- Endangered Turkic languages
- Languages of Russia
- Languages of Mongolia