altTechnical information about ISO 639 language code alt
The table below provides technical details for the Southern Altai language, designated by the alt code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Southern Altai |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Altai ProperTelengitTeleut |
| Related languages | Northern AltaiKhakasShorTuvanKyrgyz |
| Key facts | Southern Altai is part of the Siberian branch of the Turkic language familyStandard Southern Altai is based on the Altai Proper dialectThe language’s rich oral tradition includes heroic epics such as 'Maadai-Kara'Its Cyrillic alphabet has extra letters like Ҥ ң, Ӧ ӧ and Ӱ ӱ not found in RussianSouthern Altai preserves vowel harmony and has no grammatical gender. |
| Sample phrase | Эрүүк, кандайсың? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Southern Altai language, identified by the code alt, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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