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Name:
Khakas
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Khakhas; Khakhass; Abakan Tatar; Yenisei Tatar; Sagaijer; Abakan-Tataren; Abakan Turks; Abakan Tatars; Yenisei Turks; Yenisei Tatars; South Siberian Turkic; Abaqan; Xakas; Kamacintzi; Kischtim
Spoken in:
China, Russia
Number of speakers:
20,000 in Russian Federation (2007 SIL), decreasing. Stable population; noticeable urbanization. Population total all countries: 20,010. Ethnic population: 75,600 in the Russian Federation
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
52217
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
64810
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
kjh
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Turkic
Parent Subgroup:
Yenisey Turkic (yesy)
Child Dialects:
Fuyü Gïrgïs; Fu-Yu Kirgiz; Manchurian Kirghiz (kjh-fyk)
Sagai; Sagaj (kjh-sag)
Kamassian (kjh-kam)
Shor (kjh-sho)
Beltir (kjh-bel)
Kacha; Kaca (kjh-kac)
Kyzyl (kjh-kyz)
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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