Dukhan language
| Dukha | |
|---|---|
| Tsaatan | |
| тyъha тыл Tuha tıl | |
| Native to | Mongolia |
| Region | Khövsgöl Province |
| Ethnicity | Dukha |
Native speakers | 500[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
| ELP | Dukha |
The Dukha or Dukhan language is an endangered Turkic variety spoken by approximately five hundred people of the Dukhan (a.k.a. Tsaatan) people in the Tsagaan-Nuur county of Khövsgöl Province in northern Mongolia. Dukhan belongs to the Taiga subgroup of Sayan Turkic (which also includes Tuvan and Tofa).[1] This language is nearly extinct and secondary use only. The ISO 639-3 proposal (request) code is dkh[2]
It is mostly related to the speech of Soyot of Buryatia.[3] Also, it is related to the speech of Tozhu Tuvans and Tofa language. Today, used mixing together with Mongolian.[4]
References
- ^ a b Elisabetta Ragagnin (2011), Dukhan, a Turkic Variety of Northern Mongolia, Description and Analysis, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden
- ^ Ted Bergman 2011. Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3
- ^ Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia: The Soyot Language
- ^ http://www.mnh.si.edu/press_office/annual_reports/annualreport2002/3_excel_science.pdf