Chulym is a member of the Siberian branch of the Turkic language family. It is spoken along the Ob and Chulym rivers in the Republic of Khakassia in eastern Siberia in the south of the Russian Federation. In 2010 there were 44 speakers of Chulym, all of whom are older adults. Younger Chulym people speak Russian.
Chulym is also known as Chulim, Chulym Tatar, Chulym-Turkish or Melets Tatar. Dialects are Lower Chulym and Middle Chulym or Melets. It is related to Khakas, Kamas and Shor.
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Артян туруп, кунгарагы шикпанча мян мылтыгын ап чердюпскем кольге, кольдя мен камям полган камя олуруп, амьда парыдым, анды корьзям алыч cуудун шиктыр, мян камезын кырга пурнуп, мылтыгын ап чакшилын кёзюмь, тынледыбжабалгам мен, алыч ойдашпаган мян пир канза тартап, анзондын пичаг ап аны cоюп, эедын камезимге cап апьке чанпаган. мены апьта апьчим угланеры cаганнар.
I got up in the morning before the sun rose. I took my gun and set off to the lake. My boat was at the lake. I sat in my boat and set off. Then I look: a moose is coming out of the water. I landed the boat on the bank.
Source: https://livingtongues.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Chulym-for-TL-copy.pdf
Information about Chulym | Numbers
Information about Chulym
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chulym_language
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/clw
http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/clw
https://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/chulym_tatars.shtml
https://livingtongues.org/os-chulym/
Altay, Äynu, Azerbaijani, Baraba Tatar, Bashkir, Chagatai, Chelkan, Chulym, Chuvash, Crimean Tatar, Dolgan, Fuyu Kyrgyz, Gagauz, Ili Turki, Karachay-Balkar, Karaim, Karakalpak, Karamanli Turkish, Kazakh, Khakas, Khalaj, Khorasani Turkic, Krymchak, Kumandy, Kumyk, Kyrgyz, Lop, Nogai, Old Turkic, Qashqai, Romanian Tatar, Salar, Shor, Siberian Tatar, Soyot, Tatar, Teleut, Tofa, Turkish, Turkmen, Tuvan, Urum, Uyghur, Uzbek, Western Yugur, Yakut (Sakha)
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