Dukhan language

Dukha
Tsaatan, Tuha
тyъһа тыл Tuha tıl
tuʰha sös
Native toMongolia
RegionKhövsgöl Province
EthnicityDukha
Native speakers
40 (2022)
Turkic
Language codes
ISO 639-3dkh (rejected)
Glottologdukh1234
ELPDukha
  Dukhan and   Tuvan distribution in Mongolia and Tuva
Dukha is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Dukhan or Dukha is a nearly extinct Turkic language or dialect variety of the Tuvan language spoken by the Dukhan (also known as Tsaatan) herder people in the Tsagaan-Nuur county of Khövsgöl Province in northern Mongolia. Dukhan belongs to the Taiga subgroup of Sayan Turkic (which also includes Soyot–Tsaatan and Tofa). This language is nearly extinct and is only spoken actively by no more than 40 people. The ISO 639-3 proposal (request) code was dkh, but this proposal was rejected.

It is mostly[quantify] related to the Soyot language of Buryatia. Also, it is related to the language of Tozhu Tuvans and the Tofa language. Today, it is spoken alongside Mongolian.

Dukhan morphophonemic units are written with capital letters, similar to its sister languages and standard grammars.

Classification

Dukhan is classified in the Taiga Sayan Turkic branch of Siberian Turkic. The Dukhan language is mainly related to an amalgam of dialects from the nomadic people of Outer Mongolia, Russia, and surrounding areas. It is most closely related to Tuvan.

Geographical distribution

The Dukha language is spoken in Tsagaan-Nuur County, Tsagaanuur (Khövsgöl) Mongolia. Цагааннуур сум) is a Sum (district) of Mongolia in the province of Khövsgöl, located in Northern Mongolia.

References

  1. 1 2 Ragagnin, Elisabetta (2022-12-22). "Sayan Turkic Language Islands in Mongolia: Current Issues, Future Challenges and Opportunities for Dukhan". In Ragagnin, Elisabetta; Khabtagaeva, Bayarma (eds.). Endangered Languages of Northeast Asia. BRILL. pp. 200–216. doi:10.1163/9789004503502_011. ISBN 978-90-04-50350-2.
  2. 1 2 3 Ragagnin, Elisabetta (2011). Dukhan, a turkic variety of Northern Mongolia: description ana analysis (PDF). Turcologica. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05907-7. ISSN 0177-4743.
  3. ↑ UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ Ted Bergman 2011. Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3
  5. ↑ Comments received for ISO 639-3 Change Request 2011-057
  6. ↑ Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia: The Soyot Language
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-06. Retrieved 2014-04-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)