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Chulym, 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, literally
‘self’ or ‘own’. It is also spoken by the Kacik (Kazik, Kuarik). This name originated from a now extinct tribe. The language
is closely related to the Shor and Khakas languages. Though considered by some as one language, the Ös speakers themselves
do not 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. During the filming of the 2008 American
documentary film The Linguists, linguists Greg Anderson and K. David Harrison 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 was 54 at
the time of filming. 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, speakers of the language
suffered as children were discouraged from or punished for using the language in schools, in a process of language devalorization. |
Names (more)[az] Çulım dili[bg] Чулимски език [ca] Txulim [de] Tschulymische Sprache [en] Chulym language [eo] Ĉulima lingvo [fi] Tšulymin kieli [fr] Tchoulym [hr] Čulimski jezik [kk] Шұлым тілі [lt] Čulymų kalba [mk] Чулимски јазик [ru] Чулымский язык [es] Idioma chulym [th] ภาษาชูเลียม [tr] Çulımca |
Language type : Living
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