Khakas

Also known as Hyrgys, Khakas language, Xakas

Turkic language spoken by the Khakas people

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Khakas is a Turkic language spoken by the Khakas people, an ethnic group primarily located in southern Siberia. It matters as part of the linguistic diversity of the Turkic language family and represents an important part of the cultural identity and heritage of the Khakas people.

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569 entries in lexical database. Click here for all forms in the database. Khakas is divided into four main dialects, many of which have prominent sub-dialects: Sagay Sagay Beltir Koibal Xaas (a.k.a. Xaač, Kacha, Kachin) Xyzyl Anderson, Gregory D.S. 2000. “Language contact in south-central Siberia.” PhD Diss., University of Chicago. Waibel, Zinaida and Andreas Waibel. 2006. “Der Schor-Dialekt des Chakassischen: Chakassisch oder Schorisch?” In Marcel Erdal & Marina Nevskaya (eds.), Exploring the eastern frontiers of Turkic , 251–263.

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Commons category: Khakas language
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 42604
native label: Хакас тілі
Wikimedia language code: kjh
exact match: data.linguistik.de/bll/bll-ontology#bll-344626571
Wikimedia Incubator URL: incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kjh
described at URL: turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=khs
short name: хакаская

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Khakas, also known as Xakas (Khakas: Хакас тілі, romanized: Xakas tĕlĕ or тадар тілі, Tadar tĕlĕ), is a Turkic language spoken by the Khakas, who mainly live in the southwestern Siberian Republic of Khakassia, in Russia. The Khakas number 61,000, of whom 29,000 speak the Khakas language. Most Khakas speakers are bilingual in Russian.

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