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Teleut is a moribund Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia. It is sometimes considered a dialect of Southern Altai, but also as its own

According to the 2010 census, there were 2,643 Teleuts in Russia. They speak the Teleut language/dialect of Southern Altai language. In the Soviet years

Turkic consisted of Altay (Oirot) and dialects such as Tuba, Qumanda, Qu, Teleut, Telengit. (Johanson 1998) According to Lars Johanson, Fuyu Kyrgyz is considered

the 1840s; it was based on the Cyrillic alphabet and invented for the Teleut dialect and was used mostly for Church publications. The first books were printed

three dialects of Southern Altai, some of which have distinctive sub-varieties: Altai Maima (sub-variety) Telengit Telengit-Teles Chui Teleut Some sources

are considered to be mostly assimilated but retain their Teleut roots. They speak a local dialect of the Siberian Tatar language. However some sources consider

"Some dialects are close to Kirghiz (Johanson 1998)". Archived from the original on 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2022-04-14. Nevskaya, I. A. "The Teleut Language"

and Tom dialects of Siberian Tatar language belong to Kyrgyz–Kipchak subdivision of Turkic languages, together with Kyrgyz, Southern Altai, Teleut, and Telengit

Kyrgyz) Southern Kyrgyz Southern Altai Altai proper Mayma Telengit Tölös Chuy Teleut Siberian Tatar (Sıbır tel) East Siberian Tatar Tom Baraba West Siberian

Indigenous Peoples of Siberia. UNESCO. Retrieved 2021-07-18. Nevskaya, I.A. "The Teleut Language". Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia. UNESCO