Dolgan language

Spoken in

• Altaic languages ​​( disputed) Turkic languages Siberian Turkic languages Dolganisch

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The dolganische language ( dolgan. Долган тыла / Dolgan tyla ) is the language of Dolgan, a small group of Indigenous Peoples of the Russian North. It belongs to the northeastern Turkic languages ​​and is particularly closely related to the neighboring Yakut. The linguistic differences between the two languages ​​are very low, so as Yakut Dolgan the Dolganische often regarded as a dialect of Yakut.

Numbers of speakers

In 1989, reported in the census of 6945 Dolgans still 5,100 people Dolganisch as a mother tongue. As a second language gave some Evenki and Nganasans to Dolganisch, so that this language to some extent acts as a " lingua franca ". As a parent roof language most Dolgans see today in the Yakut and view their language as a mere dialect of this language.

Alphabets

The literacy dolganischen language took place in the 1920s on the basis of the Latin alphabet. Since 1940, the font was changed to a modified Cyrillic alphabet, which essentially coincides with the Yakut. In addition, another is still needed, which is identical to the alphabet of the Russians.