Kumandin | |
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къуманды, къубанды, къуўанды, къувандыг | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Altai Republic, Altai Krai |
Ethnicity | Kumandins |
Native speakers | 654 (2021)[1] |
Turkic
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Cyrillic, Latin (formerly) | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | kuma1284 |
ELP | Kumandin |
A map of the Altai languages, including Kumandin (in blue). |
The Kumandin language is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia, spoken by the Kumandins, who name themselves "Kumandi-Kiji". It was formerly counted as a dialect of Altai, but it is more modernly seen as a separate language, with differing curricula from it and Chelkan, which also comprises the Northern Altai language.