Everything about Chulym Language totally explained
Chulym (Russian: Чулымский язык), also known as
Chulim,
Chulym-Turkic,
Küerik,
Chulym Tatar or
Melets Tatar (not to be confused with the
Tatar language) is the language of the
Chulyms. The name the people use to refer to themselves, and also to their language, is
Ös. It is also spoken by the
Kacik (Kazik, Kuarik).
This name originated from a now
extinct tribe.
The language is closely related to
Shor and to dialects of
Khakass (
Xaxas). Though considered by some as one language, the
Ös speakers themselves don't believe this to be the case.
Chulym comprises distinct dialects, corresponding to locations along the Chulym river: Lower Chulym (now believed extinct), Middle Chulym, and Upper Chulym.
Chulym is a
moribund language and will most likely be extinct within 25 years. It is listed in the UNESCO Red Book of
Endangered Languages. Linguists Greg Anderson and K. David Harrison
(External Link
) have interviewed and recorded 20 speakers and estimate there may be between 35-40 fluent speakers out of a community of overall 426 members. The youngest fluent speaker is in his 50s.
The speakers are located in
Russia, in central
Siberia, north of the
Altay Mountains, in the basin of the
Chulym River, a tributary of the
Ob River. All speakers are bilingual in
Russian. In
Soviet times, children were discouraged and/or punished for using the language in schools.
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