Chuvash language
Turkic language spoken in central Russia, primarily in the Chuvash Republic and adjacent areas
Chuvash (Чӑвашла, Čăvašla; IPA: [tɕəʋaʂˈla])[2] is a Turkic language. It is spoken in Chuvashia, a part of central Russia. It is the only language from the Oghur branch of the Turkic languages that is still spoken today. Though many Turkic languages can be understood by different speakers, Chuvash is quite different.
| Chuvash | |
|---|---|
| Чӑвашла, Čăvašla | |
| Pronunciation | [tɕəʋaʂˈla] |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Chuvashia and adjacent areas |
| Ethnicity | Chuvash |
Native speakers | 1.1 million (2010 census)[1] |
Early form | |
| Cyrillic | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Russia
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | cv |
| ISO 639-2 | chv |
| ISO 639-3 | chv |
| Glottolog | chuv1255 |
Chuvash is written using the Cyrillic script. Its alphabet has all of the letters of the Russian alphabet and adds four letters of its own: Ӑ, Ӗ, Ҫ and Ӳ.
References
change- ↑ Chuvash at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- ↑ also known as Chăvash, Chuwash, Chovash, Chavash, Çuvaş or Çuaş
Other websites
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Chuvash edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia