Chulym language
| Chulym | |
|---|---|
| Ось тили, чулым тили, татар тили | |
| Pronunciation | [øs tilɪ ~ ø:s tilɪ], [tadar tilɪ] |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Tyukhtetsky District, Teguldetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast |
| Ethnicity | 382 Chulyms (2021 census) |
Native speakers | 30 (2019–2024) 38 (2020 census) <20 (2017) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | clw |
| Glottolog | chul1246 Lower Chulymmele1253 Melettuta1234 Tutal |
| ELP | Chulym |
| Linguasphere | 44-AAB-dh |
 Distribution of Chulyms throughout time | |
 Chulym is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Chulym (Chulym: Ось тили, чулым тили, татар тили[, Ös tili, chulym tili, tatar tili; Russian: Чулымский язык), also known as Chulym Tatar, Chulim, Chulym-Turkic (not to be confused with the Kipchak Siberian Tatar language) and Ös, is a critically endangered language of the Chulyms, spoken by no more than 30 people, many of whom are elderly. The names which the people use to refer to themselves are пистиҥ кишилер, pistɪŋ kiʃɪler (our people) and ось кишилер, øs kiʃɪler (Ös people). The native designation for the language is ось тил(и), øs til(ɪ) ~ ø:s til(ɪ), татар тил(и), tatar til(ɪ) and чулым тили chulym til(ɪ).
The language is spoken in Russia at various locations along the Chulym River, usually by indigenous people native to the Chulym river basin.