Siberian Turkic, also called Northeastern Common Turkic, is a branch of the Turkic language family spoken across Siberia, with about 670,000 native and second-language speakers combined. Yakut, also known as Sakha, is by far the largest member with around 450,000 speakers, followed by Tuvan with about 130,000, Northern Altai with about 57,000 and Khakas with about 29,000; other members include Dolgan, Tofa, Shor, Western Yugur and Chulym, split into North Siberian and South Siberian divisions. Despite their names, Siberian Tatar and Southern Altai, two other major languages spoken in Siberia, are classified as Kipchak rather than Siberian Turkic, and many Siberian Turkic languages carry a substratum from the unrelated Yeniseian languages.
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Speaker Count Proto-Language StatusClassified as the Northeastern Common Turkic branch, a sub-branch of the Turkic language family descending from Proto-Turkic 1 Sources
1. Siberian Turkic languages, Wikipedia
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Geographic distribution: Siberia
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All languages of the branch combined have approximately 670,000 native and second language speakers, with most widely spoken members being Yakut (c. 450,000 speakers), Tuvan (c. 130,000 speakers), Northern Altai (c. 57,000 speakers) and Khakas (c. 29,000 speakers).
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The Siberian Turkic or Northeastern Common Turkic languages are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family.
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