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SAH ISO 639-3

Yakut

саха тыла‎ (Saxa tıla), сахалыы‎ (saȟalyy) Autonym

A language of Russian Federation

ISO 639
sah
Alternate Names
Sakha, Yakut-Sakha
Autonym
саха тыла‎ (Saxa tıla), сахалыы‎ (saȟalyy)
Population
450,000 (2010 census). Ethnic population: 478,000 (2010 census).
Location:
Irkutsk province, Magadan province, and Sakha (Yakutia) republic; Khabarovsk krai and Krasnoyarsk krai; near Arctic Sea, middle Lena river, Aldan and Kolyma rivers, 3,220 km.
Language Status
2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in Sakha Republic (1992, Constitution of the Republic of Sakha, Article 46).
Classification
Turkic, Northern
Dialects
Middlekolymskyi, Olemkinskyi, Vilyiskyi, Dolgan.
Typology
SOV; postpositions; noun head final; no articles; case-marking (7 cases); verb affixes mark person, number; passives; tense and aspect; 21 consonants, 16 vowels, 4 diphthongs; non-tonal; stress on final syllable; vowel harmony.
Language Use
Used by all. Positive attitudes. Also use Russian [rus]. Used as L2 by Chukchi [ckt], Even [eve], Evenki [evn], Northern Yukaghir [ykg], Southern Yukaghir [yux].
Language Development
Russian used in higher education. Grammar. NT: 2004–2017.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Yakut
Writing
Cyrillic script [Cyrl]. Cyrillic script, Old Church Slavonic variant [Cyrs], in the 19th century, experimental usage.
Other Comments
Christian, traditional religion.

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Location: Irkutsk province, Magadan province, and Sakha (Yakutia) republic; Khabarovsk krai and Krasnoyarsk krai; near Arctic Sea, middle Lena river, Aldan and Kolyma rivers, 3,220 km.