Northern Altai

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Northern Altai

  1. A Turkic language spoken in the Altai Krai, Russia on the border of Kazakhstan. There is no mutual intelligibility with Southern Altai.

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Written Altai is based on Northern Altai, but is rejected by Southern Altai children. Dialects include Kumandy and Tubalar.

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