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Chulym | |
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Ось тили, тадар тили | |
Pronunciation | [øs tilɪ ~ ø:s tilɪ], [tadar tilɪ] |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Tyukhtetsky District, Teguldetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast |
Ethnicity | 382 Chulyms (2021 census)[1] |
Native speakers | 30 (2019–2024)[2] 38 (2020 census)[3] |
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ISO 639-3 | clw |
Glottolog | chul1246 Lower Chulymmele1253 Melettuta1234 Tutal |
ELP | Chulym |
![]() Distribution of Chulyms throughout time | |
![]() Chulym Turk is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Chulym (Chulym: Ось тили, Ös tili; Russian: Чулымский язык), also known as Chulim, Chulym-Turkic (not to be confused with the Turkic Siberian Tatar language) and Ös, is a critically endangered language of the Chulyms, spoken by no more than 30 people.[4] The names which the people use to refer to themselves are 1. пистиҥ кишилер, pistɪŋ kiʃɪler (our people) and 2. ось кишилер, øs kiʃɪler (Ös people). The native designation for the language are ось тил(и), øs til(ɪ) ~ ø:s til(ɪ), and less frequently тадар тил(и), tadar til(ɪ).[5]
The language is spoken in Russia, at various locations along the Chulym River.