Yakut language

Siberian Turkic language

Not to be confused with Yokuts language, Saka language, or Yakutia.

Yakut

Sakha
саха тыла saxa tıla
Pronunciation| [saχa tɯla]
Native to| Russia
Region| Yakutia, Magadan Oblast, Amur Oblast, Krasnoyarsk Krai (Evenkiysky District)
Ethnicity| Yakuts

Native speakers

| 450,000 (2010 census)[1]

Language family

Turkic

* Common Turkic
* Siberian Turkic
* Northern Siberian
* Yakut

Writing system

| Cyrillic (formerly Latin and Cyrillic-based)
Official status

Official language in

|  Russia

* Yakutia

Language codes
ISO 639-2| `sah`
ISO 639-3| `sah`
Glottolog| `yaku1245`
ELP| Yakut

Sakha language

Dolgan language

Yakut is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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Yakut /jəˈkʊt/,[2] also known as Yakutian, Sakha, Saqa or Saxa (Yakut: саха тыла), is a Turkic language belonging to Siberian Turkic branch and spoken by around 450,000 native speakers, primarily the ethnic Yakuts and one of the official languages of Sakha (Yakutia), a federal republic in the Russian Federation.

The Yakut language differs from all other Turkic languages in the presence of a layer of vocabulary of unclear origin (possibly Paleo-Siberian). There is also a large number of words of Mongolian origin related to ancient borrowings, as well as numerous recent borrowings from Russian. Like other Turkic languages and their ancestor Proto-Turkic, Yakut is an agglutinative language and features vowel harmony.

## Classification[edit]

Yakut is a member of the Northeastern Common Turkic family of languages, which also includes Shor, Tuvan and Dolgan. Like most Turkic languages, Yakut has vowel harmony, is agglutinative and has no grammatical gender. Word order is usually subject–object–verb. Yakut has been influenced by Tungusic and Mongolian languages.[3]

Historically, Yakut left the community of Common Turkic speakers relatively early.[4] Due to this, it diverges in many ways from other Turkic languages and mutual intelligibility between Yakut and other Turkic languages is low.[5] Nevertheless, Yakut contains many features which are important for the reconstruction of Proto-Turkic, such as the preservation of long vowels.[6]

## Geographic distribution[edit]

Yakut is spoken mainly in the Sakha Republic. It is also used by ethnic Yakuts in Khabarovsk Region and a small diaspora in other parts of the Russian Federation, Turkey, and other parts of the world. Dolgan, a close relative of Yakut, which formerly was considered by some a dialect of Yakut,[7] is spoken by Dolgans in Krasnoyarsk Region. Yakut is widely used as a lingua franca by other ethnic minorities in the Sakha Republic – more Dolgans, Evenks, Evens and Yukagirs speak Yakut than their own languages. About 8% of the people of other ethnicities than Yakut living in Sakha claimed knowledge of the Yakut language during the 2002 census.[8]

## Phonology[edit]

See also: § Orthography

### Consonants[edit]

Yakut has the following consonants phonemes,[9] where the IPA value is provided in slashes '//' and the native script value is provided in bold followed by the romanization in parentheses.

Consonant phonemes of Yakut  | Bilabial | Dental/
alveolar | Palatal | Velar/
uvular | Glottal

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Nasal | /m/
м (m)  | /n/
н (n)  | /ɲ/
нь (ń)  | /ŋ/
ҥ (ŋ)  |
Plosive /
Affricate | voiceless | /p/
п (p)  | /t/
т (t)  | /t͡ʃ/
ч (č)  | /k/
к (k)  |
voiced | /b/
б (b)  | /d/
д (d)  | /d͡ʑ/
дь (ǰ)  | /ɡ/
г (g)  |
Fricative | voiceless |  | /s/
с (s)  |  | /χ/
х (x)  | /h/
һ (h)
voiced |  |  |  | /ʁ/
ҕ (ɣ)  |
Approximant | plain |  | /l/
л (l)  | /j/
й (y)  |  |
nasalized |  |  | /ȷ̃/
й (ỹ)  |  |
Flap |  | /ɾ/
р (r)  |  |  |

* /n, t, d/ are laminal denti-alveolar [n̪, t̪, d̪], whereas /s, l, ɾ/ are alveolar [s, l, ɾ].
* The nasal glide /ȷ̃/ is not distinguished from /j/ in the orthography, where both are written as ⟨й⟩. Thus айыы can be ayïï [ajɯː] 'deed, creation, work' or aỹïï [aȷ̃ɯː] 'sin, transgression.'[10] The nasal glide /ȷ̃/ has a very restricted distribution, appearing in very few words.[11]
* /ɾ/ is pronounced as a flap /ɾ/ between vowels, e.g. орон (oron) [oɾon] 'place', and as a trill at the end of words, e.g. тур (tur) [tur] 'stand'.[12][13]
* /ɾ/ does not occur at the beginning of words in native Yakut words; borrowed Russian words with onset /ɾ/ are usually rendered with an epenthetic vowel, e.g. Russian рама (rama) > Yakut араама (araama) 'frame'.

Yakut is in many ways phonologically unique among the Turkic languages. Yakut and the closely related Dolgan language are the only Turkic languages without hushing sibilants. Additionally, no known Turkic languages other than Yakut and Khorasani Turkic have the palatal nasal /ɲ/.

#### Consonant assimilation[edit]

Consonants at morpheme boundaries undergo extensive assimilation, both progressive and regressive.[14][15] All suffixes possess numerous allomorphs. For suffixes which begin with a consonant, the surface form of the consonant is conditioned on the stem-final segment. There are four such archiphonemic consonants: G, B, T, and L. Examples of each are provided in the following table for the suffixes -GIt (second-person plural possessive suffix, oɣoɣut 'your [pl.] child'), -BIt (first-person plural possessive suffix, oɣobut, 'our child'), -TA (partitive case suffix, tiiste 'some teeth'), -LARA (third-person plural possessive suffix, oɣoloro 'their child'). Note that the alternation in the vowels is governed by vowel harmony (see the main article and the below section).

Yakut consonant assimilation in suffixes  Consonant
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High vowel
i, u, ï, ü
(kihi)  | Low vowel
a, e, o, ö
(oɣo)  | /l/
(uol)  | /j,ɾ/
(kötör)  | Voiceless
consonants
(tiis)  | /χ/
(ïnaχ)  | Nasal
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-GIt | [g]
kihigit | [ɣ]
oɣoɣut | [g]
uolgut | [g]
kötörgüt | [k]
tiiskit | [χ]
ïnaχχït | [ŋ]
oroŋŋut[a]

-BIt | [b]
kihibit | [b]
oɣobut | [b]
uolbut | [b]
kötörbüt | [p]
tiispit | [p]
ïnaχpït | [m]
orommut[b]

-TA | [t]
kihite | [t]
oɣoto | [l]
uolla | [d]
kötördö | [t]
tiiste | [t]
ïnaχta | [n]
oronnut

-LArA | [l]
kihilere | [l]
oɣoloro | [l]
uollara | [d]
kötördörö | [t]
tiistere | [t]
ïnaχtara | [n]
oronnoro
| 'person'  | 'child'  | 'boy'  | 'bird'  | 'tooth'  | 'cow'  | 'bed'

1. ^ Regressive velarization.
2. ^ Regressive labialization.

There is an additional regular morphophonological pattern for [t]-final stems: they assimilate in place of articulation with an immediately following labial or velar. For example at 'horse' > akkït 'your [pl.] horse', > appït 'our horse'.

#### Debuccalization[edit]

Yakut initial s- corresponds to initial h- in Dolgan and played an important operative rule in the development of proto-Yakut, ultimately resulting in initial Ø- < *h- < *s- (example: Dolgan huoq and Yakut suox, both meaning "not").[clarification needed] The historical change of *s > h, known as debuccalization, is a common sound-change across the world's languages, being characteristic of such languages as Greek and Indo-Iranian in their development from Proto-Indo-European, as well as such Turkic languages as Bashkir, e.g. höt 'milk' < *süt.[16] Debuccalization of /s/ to /h/ is also found as a diachronic change from Proto-Celtic to Brittonic, and has actually become a synchronic grammaticalised feature called lenition in the related Goidelic languages (Irish, Scottish, and Manx).

Debuccalization is also an active phonological process in modern Yakut. Intervocalically the phoneme /s/ becomes [h]. For example the /s/ in кыыс (kïïs) 'girl' becomes [h] between vowels:[17]

kïïs

girl

kïïh-ïm

girl-POSS.1SG

kïïs > kïïh-ïm

girl > girl-POSS.1SG

'girl; daughter' > 'my daughter'

### Vowels[edit]

Yakut has twenty phonemic vowels: eight short vowels, eight long vowels,[a] and four diphthongs. The following table give broad transcriptions for each vowel phoneme,[b] as well as the native script bold and romanization in italics:

Vowel phonemes of Yakut  | Front | Back

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Close | short | /i/
и (i)  | /y/
ү (ü)  | /ɯ/
ы (ï[c])  | /u/
у (u)
long[d] | /iː/
ии  (ii)  | /yː/
үү (üü)  | /ɯː/
ыы (ïï)  | /uː/
уу (uu)
Diphthong | /ie/
иэ  (ie)  | /yø/
үө (üö)  | /ɯa/
ыа (ïa)  | /uɔ/
уо (uo)
Open | short | /e/
э (e)  | /ø/
ө (ö)  | /a/
а (a)  | /ɔ/
о (o)
long | /eː/
ээ (ee)  | /øː/
өө (öö)  | /aː/
аа (aa)  | /ɔː/
оо (oo)

1. ^ The long vowel phonemes /eː/, /ɔː/, and /øː/ appear in very few words and are thus considered marginal phonemes.[18]
2. ^ Note that these vowels are extremely broad. Narrower transcriptions[19] transcribe the high back non-front vowel ы as central /ɨ/. The front non-high unrounded open vowel in э, ээ, and иэ are more accurately [ɛ], [ɛː], [iɛ], respectively.
3. ^ ы is occasionally Romanized as y,[20] consistent with the BGN/PCGN romanization of Russian Cyrillic. Turkologists and Altaicists tend to transcribe the vowel as ï,[21] or as ɨ.[22]
4. ^ Some authors romanize long vowels with a macron (e.g. /iː/ ī, /yː/ ǖ)[5] or with a colon (e.g. /iː/ i:/iː, /yː/, ü:/üː).[23]

#### Vowel harmony[edit]

Like other Turkic languages, a characteristic feature of Yakut is progressive vowel harmony. Most root words obey vowel harmony, for example in кэлин (kelin) 'back', all the vowels are front and unrounded. Yakut's vowel harmony in suffixes is the most complex system in the Turkic family.[24] Vowel harmony is an assimilation process where vowels in one syllable take on certain features of vowels in the preceding syllable. In Yakut, subsequent vowels all take on frontness and all non-low vowels take on lip rounding of preceding syllables' vowels.[25] There are two main rules of vowel harmony:

1. Frontness/backness harmony:
1. Front vowels are always followed by front vowels.
2. Back vowels are always followed by back vowels.
2. Rounding harmony:
1. Unrounded vowels are always followed by unrounded vowels.
2. Close rounded vowels always occur after close rounded vowels.
3. Open unrounded vowels do not assimilate in rounding with close rounded vowels.

The quality of the diphthongs /ie, ïa, uo, üö/ for the purposes of vowel harmony is determined by the first segment in the diphthong. Taken together, these rules mean that the pattern of subsequent syllables in Yakut is entirely predictable, and all words will follow the following pattern:[26] Like the consonant assimilation rules above, suffixes display numerous allomorphs determined by the stem they attach to. There are two archiphoneme vowels I (an underlyingly high vowel) and A (an underlyingly low vowel).

Yakut vowel harmony  Category  | Final vowel
in stem  | Suffix vowels

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Unrounded, back  | a, aa, ï, ïï, ïa  | a, aa, ï, ïï, ïa
Unrounded, front  | e, ee, i, ii, ie  | e, ee, i, ii, ie
Rounded back  | u, uu, uo  | a, aa, u, uu, uo
Rounded, front, close  | ü, üü, üö  | e, ee, ü, üü, üö
Rounded, back  | o, oo  | o, oo, u, uu, uo
Rounded, open, low  | ö, öö  | ö, öö, ü, üü, üö

Vowel harmony of archiphonemic vowels  Archiphonemic
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Front  | Back
unrounded
(i, ii, ie, e, ee)  | rounded  | unrounded
(ï, ïï, ïa, a, aa)  | rounded
high
(ü, üü, üö)  | low
(ö, öö)  | high
(u, uu, uo)  | low
(o, oo)
I  | i  | ü  | ï  | u
A  | e  | ö  | a  | o

Examples of I can be seen in the first-person singular possessive agreement suffix -(I)m:[27] as in (a):

aat-ïm

name-POSS.1SG

aat-ïm

name-POSS.1SG

'my name'

et-im

meat-POSS.1SG

et-im

meat-POSS.1SG

'my meat'

uol-um

son-POSS.1SG

uol-um

son-POSS.1SG

'my son'

üüt-üm

milk-POSS.1SG

üüt-üm

milk-POSS.1SG

'my milk'

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The underlyingly low vowel phoneme A is represented through the third-person singular agreement suffix -(t)A[28] in (b):

aɣa-ta

father-POSS.3SG

aɣa-ta

father-POSS.3SG

'his/her father'

iỹe-te

mother-POSS.3SG

iỹe-te

mother-POSS.3SG

'his/her mother'

oɣo-to

child-POSS.3SG

oɣo-to

child-POSS.3SG

'his/her child'

töbö-tö

top-POSS.3SG

töbö-tö

top-POSS.3SG

'his/her top'

uol-a

son-POSS.3SG

uol-a

son-POSS.3SG

'his/her son'

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## Orthography[edit]

Main article: Yakut scripts

After three earlier phases of development, Yakut is currently written using the Cyrillic script: the modern Yakut alphabet, established in 1939 by the Soviet Union, consists of all the Russian characters with five additional letters for phonemes not present in Russian: Ҕҕ, Ҥҥ, Өө, Һһ, Үү, as follows:

Yakut Cyrillic alphabet (Сахалыы сурук-бичик, Saxalïï suruk-bičik) А а  | Б б  | В в  | Г г  | Ҕ ҕ  | Д д  | Дь дь  | Е е  | Ё ё

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Нь нь  | О о  | Ө ө  | П п  | Р р  | С с  | Һ һ  | Т т  | У у
Ү ү  | Ф ф  | Х х  | Ц ц  | Ч ч  | Ш ш  | Щ щ  | Ъ ъ  | Ы ы
Ь ь  | Э э  | Ю ю  | Я я
Yakut alphabet, letter names, IPA values  Letter | А  | Б  | В  | Г  | Ҕ  | Д  | Дь  | Е  | Ё  | Ж  | З  | И  | Й  | К  | Л  | М  | Н  | Ҥ  | Нь  | О  | Ө  | П  | Р  | С  | Һ  | Т  | У  | Ү  | Ф  | Х  | Ц  | Ч  | Ш  | Щ  | Ъ  | Ы  | Ь  | Э  | Ю  | Я

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Name | а  | бэ  | вэ  | гэ  | ҕэ  | дэ  | дьэ  | е  | ё  | жэ  | зэ  | и  | ый  | кы  | эл  | эм  | эн  | ҥэ  | ньэ  | о  | ө  | пэ  | эр  | эс  | һэ  | тэ  | у  | ү  | эф  | хэ  | цэ  | че  | ша  | ща  | [a] | ы  | [b] | э  | ю  | я
IPA | /a/ | /b/ | /v/ | /g/ | /ɣ/ | /d/ | /d͡ʒ/ | /(j)e/ | /jo/ | /ʒ/ | /z/ | /i/ | /j/, /ȷ̃/ | /k/ | /l/ | /m/ | /n/ | /ŋ/ | /ɲ/ | /ɔ/ | /ø/ | /p/ | /ɾ/ | /s/ | /h/ | /t/ | /u/ | /y/ | /f/ | /χ/ | /t͡s/ | /t͡ʃ/ | /ʃ/ | /ɕː/ | /◌.j/ | /ɯ/ | /◌ʲ/ | /e/ | /ju/ | /ja/

1. ^ кытаанах бэлиэ
2. ^ сымнатар бэлиэ.

Long vowels are represented through the doubling of vowels, e.g. үүт (üüt) /yːt/ 'milk,' a practice that many scholars follow in Romanizations of the language.[29][30][31]

The full Yakut alphabet contains letters for consonant phonemes not present in native words (and thus not indicated in the phonology tables above): the letters В /v/, Е /(j)e/, Ё /jo|/, Ж /ʒ/, З /z/, Ф /f/, Ц /t͡s/, Ш /ʃ/, Щ /ɕː/, Ъ, Ю /ju/, Я /ja/ are used exclusively in Russian loanwords. In addition, in native Yakut words, the soft sign ⟨Ь⟩ is used exclusively in the digraphs ⟨дь⟩ and ⟨нь⟩.

### Transliteration[edit]

There are numerous conventions for the Romanization of Yakut. Bibliographic sources and libraries typically use the  ALA-LC Romanization tables for non-Slavic languages in Cyrillic script.[32] Linguists often employ Turkological standards for transliteration,[33] or a mixture of Turkological standards and the IPA.[22] In addition, others employ Turkish orthography.[34] Comparison of some of these systems can be seen in the following:

(a)

дьон

/d͡ʒon/

people

дьон

/d͡ʒon/

people

'people'[35]

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айыы

/ajɯː/

creation

айыы

/ajɯː/

creation

'creation'[36]

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/bu

DEM

dog

аттааҕар

at.taːɣar

horse-COMP

түргэнник

tyrgɛn.nɪk

fast-ADV

сүүрэр

syːrɛr/

run-PRES

бу ыт аттааҕар түргэнник сүүрэр

/bu ɯt at.taːɣar tyrgɛn.nɪk syːrɛr/

DEM dog horse-COMP fast-ADV run-PRES

'This dog runs faster than a horse'[37]

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эһэ

/ɛhɛ

bear

бөрөтөөҕөр

bøɾøtøːɣør

wolf-COMP

күүстээх

kyːstɛːχ/

strong-have

эһэ бөрөтөөҕөр күүстээх

/ɛhɛ bøɾøtøːɣør kyːstɛːχ/

bear wolf-COMP strong-have

'A bear is stronger than a wolf'[37]

Comparison of different conventions for transcribing Yakut  | дьон |  | айыы |  | бу | ыт | аттааҕар | түргэнник | сүүрэр |  | эһэ | бөрөтөөҕөр | күүстээх

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IPA  | /d͡ʒon/ |  | /ajɯː/ |  | /bu/ | /ɯt/ | /at.taːɣar/ | /tyrgɛn.nɪk/ | /syːrɛr/ |  | /ɛhɛ/ | /bøɾøtøːɣør/ | /kyːstɛːχ/
Turkological | Krueger | ǰon |  | ajıı |  | bu | ıt | attaaɣar | türgennik | süürer |  | ehe | böröötööɣör | küüsteeχ
Johanson | ǰon |  | ayï: |  | bu | ït | atta:ɣar | türgännik | sü:rär |  | ähä | börötö:ɣör | kü:stä:χ
Robbeets
& Savalyev | ʤon |  | ïyïː |  | bu | ït | attaːɣar | türgennik | süːrer |  | ehe | börötöːɣör | kü:steːχ
ALA-LC[32] | d'on |  | aĭyy |  | bu | yt | attaaghar | tu̇rgennik | su̇u̇rer |  | eḣe | bȯrȯtȯȯghȯr | ku̇u̇steekh
KNAB[38] | djon |  | ajy: |  | bu | yt | atta:ǧar | türgennik | sü:rer |  | eḩe | börötö:ǧör | kü:ste:h
Turkish orthography | con |  | ayıı |  | bu | ıt | attaağar | türgennik | süürer |  | ehe | börötööğör | küüsteex

## Grammar[edit]

### Syntax[edit]

The typical word order can be summarized as subject – adverb – object – verb; possessor – possessed; adjective – noun.

### Pronouns[edit]

Personal pronouns in Yakut distinguish between first, second, and third persons and singular and plural number.

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1st person  | мин (min)  | биһиги (bihigi)
2nd person  | эн (en)  | эһиги (ehigi)
3rd person  | human | кини[a] (kini)  | кинилэр (kiniler)
non-human | ол (ol)  | олор (olor)

1. ^ Cognate with Turkish kendi (self)

Although nouns have no gender, the pronoun system distinguishes between human and non-human in the third person, using кини (kini, 'he/she') to refer to human beings and ол (ol, 'it') to refer to all other things.[39]

### Grammatical number[edit]

Nouns have plural and singular forms. The plural is formed with the suffix /-LAr/, which may surface as -лар (-lar), -лэр (-ler), -лөр (-lör), -лор (-lor), -тар (-tar), -тэр (-ter), -төр (-tör), -тор (-tor), -дар (-dar), -дэр (-der), -дөр (-dör), -дор (-dor), -нар (-nar), -нэр (-ner), -нөр (-nör), or -нор (-nor), depending on the preceding consonants and vowels. The plural is used only when referring to a number of things collectively, not when specifying an amount. Nouns have no gender.

Final sound basics | Plural affix options | Examples

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Vowels, /l/ | -lar, -ler, -lor, -lör | kïïllar 'beasts', eheler 'bears', oɣolor 'children', börölör 'wolves'
/k, p, s, t, χ/ | -tar, -ter, -tor, -tör | attar 'horses', külükter 'shadows', ottor, 'herbs', bölöxtör 'groups'
/y, r/ | -dar, -der, -dor, -dör | baaydar 'rich people', ederder 'young people'[a] xotoydor 'eagles', kötördör 'eagles'
/m, n, ŋ/ | -nar, -ner, -nor, -nör | kïïmnar 'sparks', ilimner 'fishing nets', oronnor 'beds', bödöŋnör 'large ones'

1. ^ baydar 'rich people' and ederder 'young' people are examples of predicative adjectives (i.e. baay 'rich', eder 'young') being pluralized

There is a handful of irregular plural nouns, e.g. уол (uol) 'boy; son' > уолаттар (uolattar), кыыс (kïïs) 'girl; daughter' > кыыргыттар (kïïrgïttar).

### Cases[edit]

Only Sakha (Yakut) has a rich case system that differs markedly from all the other Siberian Turkic languages. It has retained the ancient comitative case from Old Turkic (due to strong influence from Mongolian) while in other Turkic languages, the old comitative has become an instrumental case. However, in Sakha language the Old Turkic locative case has come to denote partitive case, thus leaving no case form for the function of locative. Furthermore, (in addition to locative,) genitive and equative cases are lost as well. Yakut has eight grammatical cases: nominative (unmarked), accusative -(n)I, dative -GA, partitive -TA, ablative -(t)tan, instrumental -(I)nAn, comitative -LIIn, and comparative -TAAɣAr.[40] Examples of these are shown in the following table for a vowel-final stem eye 'peace' and a consonant-final stem uot 'fire':

| eye 'peace'  | uot 'fire'

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Nominative  | eye | uot
Accusative  | eyeni | uotu
Dative  | eyeɣe | uokka
Partitive[a] | eyete | uotta
Ablative[b] | eyetten | uottan
Instrumental  | eyenen | uotunan
Comitative  | eyeliin | uottuun
Comparative  | eyeteeɣer | uottaaɣar

1. ^ Sakha partitive suffix is believed by some linguists to be an innovation stemming from the influence of Evenki which led the Old Turkic locative suffix to assume partitive function in Sakha; no other Turkic language has partitive suffix save for Khalaj and (nearly-extinct) Tofa.[41] Sakha partitive is similar to the corresponding Finnish partitive case.[42]
2. ^ The Ablative suffix appears as -TAn following a consonant and -TTAn following a vowel. Clear examples of the former are ox 'arrow' → oxto 'from an/the arrow', oxtorton 'from (the) arrows'.

The partitive object case indicates that just a part of an object is affected, e.g.:

Uː-ta

water-PTV

is!

drink-IMP.2SG

Uː-ta is!

water-PTV drink-IMP.2SG

Drink some water!

The corresponding expression below with the object in the accusative denotes wholeness:

Uː-nu

water-ACC.

is!

drink-IMP.2SG

Uː-nu is!

water-ACC. drink-IMP.2SG

Drink [all] the water!

The partitive is only used in imperative or necessitative expressions, e.g.

Uː-ta

water-PT

a-γal-ϊaχ-χa

bring-PRO-DAT

naːda.

necessary.

Uː-ta a-γal-ϊaχ-χa naːda.

water-PT bring-PRO-DAT necessary.

One has to bring some water.

Note the word naːda is borrowed from Russian надо (must).

A notable detail about Yakut case is the absence of the genitive,[43] a feature which some argue is due to historical contact with Evenki (a Tungusic language), the language with which Sakha (i.e. Yakut) was in most intensive contact.[44] Possessors are unmarked, with the possessive relationship only being realized on the possessed noun itself either through the possessive suffix[45] (if the subject is a pronoun) or through partitive case suffix (if the subject is any other nominal). For example, in (a) the first-person pronoun subjects are not marked for genitive case; neither do full nominal subjects (possessors) receive any marking, as shown in (b):

min

1SG.NOM

oɣo-m

child-POSS.1SG

bihigi

1PL.NOM

oɣo-but

child-POSS.1PL

min oɣo-m / bihigi oɣo-but

1SG.NOM child-POSS.1SG / 1PL.NOM child-POSS.1PL

'my son' / 'our child'

Masha

Masha.NOM

aɣa-ta

father-PTV.3SG

Masha aɣa-ta

Masha.NOM father-PTV.3SG

'Masha's father'

### Questions[edit]

The Sakha yes–no question marker is enclitic duo or du:, whereas almost all other Turkic languages use markers of the type -mI, compare:

Күөрэгэй

kyœregej

lark-NOM

ырыатын

ïrïa-tï-n

song-3SG.POSS-ACC

истэҕин

ist-e-ɣin

hear-PRS-2SG

дуо?

=duo?

Күөрэгэй ырыатын истэҕин дуо?

kyœregej ïrïa-tï-n ist-e-ɣin =duo?

lark-NOM song-3SG.POSS-ACC hear-PRS-2SG =Q

Do you hear the song of larks?

and the same sentence in Uzbek (note the question suffix -mi in contrast to Sakha):

To’rg’ay jirini eshityapsanmi?

Question words in Yakut remain in-situ; they do not move to the front of the sentence. Sample question words include: туох (tuox) 'what', ким (kim) 'who', хайдах (xajdax) 'how', хас (xas) 'how much; how many', ханна (xanna) 'where', and ханнык (xannïk) 'which'.

## Vocabulary[edit]

Sakha has a large number of Mongolian loanwords, representing around 13% of its vocabulary (including terms pertaining to kinship and body parts). Despite the close contact with Evenki, Sakha has quite a small number of loanwords from that language.

Yakut  | Tuvan | Turkish | Uzbek | English  | Classical Mongolian

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Cyrillic  | Latin  | Cyrillic  | Latin
аччыктааһын  | aččïktahïn  | аштаар  | aštaar  | açlık  | ochlik  | hunger  | ölüsgüleŋ ᠥᠯᠥᠰᠬᠦᠯᠡᠩ
аччык  | aččïk  | аш  | aš  | aç  | och  | hungry  |
аат  | aat  | ат  | at  | ad  | ot  | name  |
балык  | balïk  | балык  | balïk  | balık  | baliq  | fish  |
балыксыт  | balïksït  | балыкчы  | balïkčï  | balıkçı  | baliqchi  | fisherman  | jiğasuçi ᠵᠢᠭᠠᠰᠤᠴᠢ
yy  | uu  | суг  | sug  | su  | suv  | water  | usu ᠤᠰᠤ
тимир  | timir  | демир  | demir  | demir  | temir  | iron  | temür ᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ
күөл  | küöl  | хөл  | khöl  | göl  | ko‘l  | lake  | na'ur ᠨᠠᠭᠤᠷ
атах  | atax  |  | adaḳ  | ayak  | oyoq  | foot  |
мурун  | murun  | думчук  | dumčuk  | burun  | burun  | nose  |
баттах  | battax  | дүк  | dük  | saç  | soch  | hair  | üsü ᠦᠰᠦ
илии  | ilii  | хол  | khol  | el  | qo‘l  | hand  |
күн  | kün  | хүн  | khün  | gün  | kun  | day, sun  |
муус  | muus  | дош  | doš  | buz  | muz  | ice  | mösü ᠮᠥᠰᠥ
ыт  | ït  | ыт  | ït  | it  | it  | dog  |
сүрэх  | sürex  | чүрек  | čürek  | yürek  | yurak  | heart  | jirüke ᠵᠢᠷᠦᠬᠡ
сарсын  | sarsïn  | даарта,
эртен  | daarta,
erten  | yarın  | ertaga  | tomorrow  |
бүгүн  | bügün  | бөгүн  | bögün  | bugün  | bugun  | today  |
былыт  | bïlït  | булут  | bulut  | bulut  | bulut  | cloud  |
хаар  | xaar  | хар  | khar  | kar  | qor  | snow  |
хаан  | xaan  | хан  | khan  | kan  | qon  | blood  |
эт  | et  | эът  | èt  | et  | et  | meat  |
тиис  | tiis  | диш  | tiš  | diş  | tish  | tooth  |
ат  | at  | аът  | àt  | at  | ot  | horse  |
таас  | taas  | даш  | daš  | taş  | tosh  | stone  |
үүт  | üüt  | сүт  | süt  | süt  | sut  | milk  | sün ᠰᠦᠨ
ынах  | ïnax  | инек  | inek  | inek  | inak/sigir  | cow  |
хара  | xara  | кара  | kara  | kara  | qora  | black  | qar-a ᠬᠠᠷ᠎ᠠ
сыттык  | sïttïk  | сыртык  | sïrtïk  | yastık  | yostiq  | pillow  |
быһах  | bïhax  | бижек  | bižek  | bıçak  | pichoq  | knife  |
бытык  | bïtïk  |  |  | bıyık  | mo‘ylov  | mustache  |
кыс, кыһын  | kïs, kïhïn  | кыш  | kïš  | kış, kışın  | qish  | winter  |
туус  | tuus  | дус  | dus  | tuz  | tuz  | salt  |
тыл  | tïl  | дыл  | dïl  | dil  | til  | tongue, language  | kele ᠬᠡᠯᠡ
cаха тылa  | saxa tïla  | Саха дыл,
Якут дыл  | Sakha dïl,
Yakut dïl  | saha dili,
sahaca  | yoqut tili,
yoqutcha  | Yakut language  |
кыыс  | kïïs  | кыс  | kïs  | kız  | qiz  | girl, daughter  |
уол  | uol  | оол,
оглу  | ool,
oglu  | oğul,
oğlan  | o‘g‘il  | son, boy  |
үөрэтээччи  | üöreteečči  | башкы  | baškï  | öğretici,
öğretmen  | o‘qituvchi  | teacher  |
үөрэнээччи  | üöreneečči  | өөреникчи  | öörenikči  | öğrenci,
talebe  | o‘quvchi,
talaba  | student  |
уһун  | uhun  | узун  | uzun  | uzun  | uzun  | long, tall  |
кулгаах  | kulgaax  | кулак  | kulak  | kulak  | quloq  | ear  |
сыл  | sïl  | чыл,
хар  | čïl,
khar  | yıl  | yil  | year  | jil ᠵᠢᠯ
киһи  | kihi  | кижи  | kiži  | kişi  | kishi  | human, man  | kümün ᠬᠥᠮᠦᠨ
суол  | suol  | орук  | oruk  | yol  | yo‘l  | road, way  |
асчыт  | asčït  | белеткээр  | beletkeer  | aşçı  | oshchi, oshpaz  | cook  |
тараах  | taraax  | дыргак  | dïrgak  | tarak  | taroq  | comb  |
орто  | orto  | орта  | orta  | orta  | o‘rta  | middle  |
күн ортото  | kün ortoto  | дүш, дүъш,
дүъште  | düš, dǜš,
dǜšte  | gün ortası  | kun o‘rtasi, tush  | midday, noon  |
күл  | kül  | хүлүмзүрүүр  | khülümzürüür  | gülmek  | kulmoq  | to laugh; to smile  |
өл  | öl  | өлүр  | ölür  | ölmek  | o‘lmoq  | to die  |
ис  | is  | ижер  | ižer  | içmek  | ichmoq  | to drink  |
бил  | bil  | билир  | bilir  | bilmek  | bilmoq  | to know  |
көр  | kör  | көөр (көр-)  | köör (kör-)  | görmek  | ko‘rmoq  | to see  | qara ᠬᠠᠷᠠ
үөрэн  | üören  | өөренир  | öörenir  | öğrenmek  | o‘rganmoq  | to learn  |
үөрэт  | üöret  | өөредир  | ööredir  | öğretmek  | o‘rgatmoq  | to teach  |
ытыр  | ïtïr  | ызырар  | ïzïrar  | ısırmak  | tishlamoq  | to bite  |
хас  | xas  | казар  | kazar  | kazmak  | qozmoq,
qazmoq  | to dig  |
тик  | tik  | даараар  | daaraar  | dikiş dikmek,
dikmek  | tikmoq  | to sew  |
кэл  | kel  | келир  | kelir  | gelmek  | kelmoq  | to come  |
салаа  | salaa  | чылгаар  | čïlgaar  | yalamak  | yalamoq  | to lick  |
тараа  | taraa  |  |  | taramak  | taramoq  | to comb  |
биэр  | bier  | бээр  | beer  | vermek  | bermoq  | to give  |
бул  | bul  | тывар  | tïvar  | bulmak  | topmoq  | to find  |
диэ  | die  | дe-, дi-  | de-, di-  | demek  | demoq,
aytmoq  | to say  |
киир  | kiir  | кирер  | kirer  | girmek  | kirmoq  | to enter  |
иһит  | ihit  | дыңнаар  | dïŋnaar  | işitmek  | eshitmoq  | to hear  |
ас  | as  | ажар  | ažar  | açmak  | ochmoq  | to open  |
тут  | tut  | тудар  | tudar  | tutmak  | tutmoq  | to hold  |
ый  | ïy  | ай  | ay  | ay  | oy  | moon  |
ыйытыы  | ïyïtïï  | айтырыг  | aytïrïg  | soru  | savol  | question  |
кыайыы  | kïayïï  | тиилелге  | tiilelge  | zafer  | g‘alaba  | victory  |

### Numerals[edit]

Old Turkic | Turkish | Uzbek | Tuvan | Yakut  | English

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bir  | bir  | bir  | bir  | biir  | one
eki  | iki  | ikki  | iyi  | ikki  | two
üç  | üç  | uch  | üş  | üs  | three
tört  | dört  | tŏrt  | dört  | tüört  | four
beş  | beş  | besh  | beş  | bies  | five
altı  | altı  | olti  | aldı  | alta  | six
yeti  | yedi  | yetti  | çedi  | sette  | seven
sekiz  | sekiz  | sakkiz  | ses  | aɣïs  | eight
tokuz  | dokuz  | tŏqqiz  | tos  | toɣus  | nine
on  | on  | ŏn  | on  | uon  | ten

## Oral and written literature[edit]

The Yakut have a tradition of oral epic in their language called "Olonkho", traditionally performed by skilled performers. The subject matter is based on Yakut mythology and legends. Versions of many Olonkho poems have been written down and translated since the 19th century, but only a very few older performers of the oral Olonkho tradition are still alive. They have begun a program to teach young people to sing this in their language and revive it, though in a modified form.[46]

The first printing in Yakut was a part of a book by Nicolaas Witsen published in 1692 in Amsterdam.[47]

In 2005, Marianne Beerle-Moor, director of the Institute for Bible Translation, Russia/CIS, was awarded the Order of Civil Valour by the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) for the translation of the New Testament into Yakut.[48]

## Examples[edit]

Article 1 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights (with footnotes on etymologies of some words):

Novgorodov's alphabet 1920–1929. (Latin alphabet/IPA)  | зɔn barɯta beje sꭣltatɯgar ꭣnna bɯra:bɯgar teŋ bꭣlan tꭢry:ller. kiniler
barɯ ꭢrkꭢ:n ꭢjdꭢ:q, sꭣbasta:q bꭣlan tꭢry:ller, ꭣnna beje bejeleriger
tɯlga ki:riniges bɯhɯ:lara dɔʃɔrdɔhu: tɯ:nna:q bꭣlꭣqta:q.

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Latin alphabet 1929–1939. (Yañalif)  | Çon вarьta вeje suoltatьgar uonna вьraaвьgar teꞑ вuolan tɵryyller. Kiniler вarь ɵrkɵn ɵjdɵɵq, suoвastaaq вuolan tɵryyller, uonna вeje вejeleriger tьlga kiiriniges вьhььlara doƣordohuu tььnnaaq вuoluoqtaaq.
Modern Cyrillic 1939–present.  | Дьон[a] барыта бэйэ суолтатыгар уонна быраабыгар[b] тэҥ буолан төрүүллэр. Кинилэр бары өркөн өйдөөх, суобастаах[c] буолан төрүүллэр, уонна бэйэ бэйэлэригэр тылга кииринигэс быһыылара доҕордоһуу тыыннаах буолуохтаах.
Romanization  | J̌on barïta beye suoltatïgar uonna bïraabïgar teŋ buolan törüüller. Kiniler barï örkön öydööx, suobastaax buolan törüüller, uonna beye beyeleriger tïlga kiiriniges bïsïïlara doɣordohuu tïïnnax buoluoxtaax.
English  | All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

1. ^ Borrowed from Mongolian зон
2. ^ The root of the word, быраап, is derived from Russian право
3. ^ The root of this loanword, суобас, is from Russian совесть - conscience.

## See also[edit]

* Russia portal
* Languages portal

* Yakuts
* Dolgan language
* Semyon Novgorodov – the inventor of the first IPA-based Yakut alphabet

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5. ^ a b Stachowski & Menz 1998.
6. ^ Johanson 2021, p. 19.
7. ^ Antonov 1997.
8. ^ Russian Census 2002. 6\. Владение языками (кроме русского) населением отдельных национальностей по республикам, автономной области и автономным округам Российской Федерации Archived 2006-11-04 at the Wayback Machine (Knowledge of languages other than Russian by the population of republics, autonomous oblast and autonomous districts) (in Russian)
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24. ^ Johanson 2021, p. 315.
25. ^ Krueger 1962, pp. 48–9; Stachowski & Menz 1998, p. 419.
26. ^ Johanson 2021, p. 316.
27. ^ -(I)m indicates that this suffix appears as -m in vowel-final words (e.g. oɣo 'child' > oɣom 'my child'.
28. ^ Consonants in parentheses indicate that the suffix loses the consonant in consonant-final words, e.g. uol 'son' > uola 'his/her son.'
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35. ^ "дьон". sakhatyla.ru. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
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41. ^ Suihkonen, Pirkko; Comrie, Bernard; Solovyev, Valery (18 July 2012). Argument Structure and Grammatical Relations. John Benjamins. p. 205\. ISBN 9789027274717.
42. ^ Bárány, András; Biberauer, Theresa; Douglas, Jamie; Vikner, Sten (28 May 2021). Syntactic architecture and its consequences III. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 54\. ISBN 9783985540044.
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46. ^ Robin Harris. 2012. Sitting "under the mouth": decline and revitalization in the Sakha epic tradition "Olonkho". Doctoral dissertation, University of Georgia.
47. ^ "Предпосылки возникновения якутской книги". Память Якутии. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
48. ^ "People". Institute for Bible Translation, Russia/CIS. Retrieved 5 October 2016.

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* Vinokurova, Nadezhda (2005). Lexical Categories and Argument Structure: A study with reference to Sakha (Thesis). Universiteit Utrecht.

## External links[edit]

Yakut language at Wikipedia's sister projects

* Definitions from Wiktionary
* Media from Commons
* Quotations from Wikiquote
* Texts from Wikisource
* Textbooks from Wikibooks
* Phrasebook from Wikivoyage
* Yakut edition of Wikipedia
* Data from Wikidata

Yakut language test of Wiktionary at Wikimedia Incubator

Yakut language test of Wikinews at Wikimedia Incubator

### Language-related[edit]

* Yakut Vocabulary List (from the World Loanword Database)
* Yakut thematic vocabulary lists
* [2]
* "Comparison of Yakut and Mongolian vocabulary". Archived from the original on February 5, 2008.
* Yakut texts with Russian translations in the Internet Archive – heroic poetry, fairy tales, legends, proverbs, etc.
* Sakhalyy suruk – Yakut Unicode fonts and Keyboard Layouts for PC
* Sakhatyla.ru – On-line Yakut–Russian, Russian–Yakut dictionary
* Yakut–English Dictionary Archived April 2, 2022, at the Wayback Machine
* BGN/PCGN romanization tool for Yakut
* Sakha Open World Archived 2006-06-19 at the Wayback Machine – MP3's of Sakha Radio

### Content in Yakut[edit]

* Sakha Open World – Орто Дойду Archived 2017-09-22 at the Wayback Machine – A platform to promote the Yakut Language on the web; News, Lyrics, Music, Fonts, Forum, VideoNews (in Yakut, Unicode)
* Baayaga village website – news and stories about and by the people of Baayaga (in Yakut)
* Kyym.ru – site of Yakut newspaper
* НВК Саха (NVK Sakha) Yakut language news channel on YouTube

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Proto-language|

* Proto-Turkic

Common Turkic|

| Argu|

* Argu
* Khalaj

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Karluk|

| Eastern|

* Ili Turki
* Karakhanid
* Chagatai
* Khorezmian
* Tor Tajik
* Uyghur
* Khoton
* Lop

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Western|

* Uzbek
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Kipchak|

| Bulgar|

* Bashkir
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Cuman|

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* Karaim
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Kyrgyz|

* Fergana Kipchak
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* Teleut

Nogai|

* Dobrujan Tatar
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* Nogai
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* Baraba

Oghuz|

* Salar

| Eastern|

* Khorasani Turkic
* Turkmen

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Southern|

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Western|

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Siberian|

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Southern|

* Chulym

| Sayan|

| Steppe|

* Tuvan

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Taiga|

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Yenisei|

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Old|

* Old Turkic
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Oghur|

* Bulgar
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Creoles and pidgins|

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* Veps
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* Northern Yukaghir
* Southern Yukaghir

Scripts|

* Cyrillic1
* Cyrillic Braille
* Latin script2
* Mongolian script (Buryat script, Kalmyk script)2

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Languages|

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* Karaim
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* Kazakh
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* Kumyk
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* Pecheneg
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* Tofa
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* Turkmen
* Tuvan
* Urum
* Uyghur
* Uzbek
* Western Yugur

| Alphabets|

* Old Turkic
* Common Turkic
* Cyrillic
* Old Uyghur
* Persian

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Peoples|

* Afshars
* Altaians
* Chelkans, Kumandins, Telengits, Teleuts, Tubalars
* Azerbaijanis
* in Iran, Armenia, Georgia1
* Balkars
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* in Afghanistan1
* Yakuts (Sakha)
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| Extinct Turkic groups|

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* Dughlats
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* Khazars
* Kimek
* Kipchaks
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* Shatuo
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Politics|

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Origins|

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Locations|

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* Azerbaijan
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Autonomous areas|

* Altai Republic
* Bashkortostan
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* Gagauzia
* Kabardino-Balkaria
* Karachay-Cherkessia
* Karakalpakstan
* Khakassia
* Nakhchivan
* Sakha
* Tatarstan
* Tuva
* Xinjiang

Studies|

* Old Turkic script
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* Turkology

Religions|

* Turkic mythology
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* Tibetan Buddhism
* Islam
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* Bayramiye
* Bektashi Order
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* Christianity
* Hurufism
* Khalwati order
* Malamatiyya
* Qadiri
* Qalandariyya
* Rifaʽi*
* Safaviyya
* Zahediyeh
* Vattisen Yaly

Traditional sports|

* Kyz kuu
* Jereed
* Kokpar
* Jigit
* Chovgan

Organizations|

* Organization of Turkic States
* International Organization of Turkic Culture (TÜRKSOY)
* Parliamentary Assembly (TURKPA)
* Organization of the Eurasian Law Enforcement Agencies with Military Status (TAKM)
* World Turks Qurultai

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