Soyot language

Soyot
сойыт тыл
Native toRussia, Mongolia
RegionBuryatia, Khövsgöl Province
EthnicitySoyots
ExtinctSecond half of 20th century[1][2]
Revival2000s[1]
Turkic
Language codes
ISO 639-3None (mis)
Glottologsoyo1234  Soyot
ELP
Soyot is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[4]

Soyot (or Soyot–Tsaatan) is an extinct and revitalizing Turkic language of the Siberian Sayan branch similar to the Dukhan language and closely related to the Tofa language.[1] Two dialects/languages are spoken in Russia and Mongolia: Soyot in the Okinsky District of the Republic of Buryatia (Russia) and Tsaatan (Uriankhai Uyghur) in the Darkhad valley of Mongolia.

The language is revitalizing in primary schools.[1] In 2002, V. I. Rassadin published a Soyot–Buryat–Russian dictionary.[1][5] In 2020, he published a children's picture dictionary in the Soyot language, along with Russian, Mongolian, and English translations.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d e Rassadin, V.I. "The Soyot Language". Endangered Languages of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia. UNESCO. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  3. ^ Elisabetta Ragagnin (2011), Dukhan, a Turkic Variety of Northern Mongolia, Description and Analysis, Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden
  4. ^ UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger Archived 22 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Rassadin, V.I. (2002). Soyotsko-Buryatsko-Russky Slovar Сойотско-Бурятско-Русский Словарь [Soyot-Buryat-Russian Dictionary] (in Russian). Ulan-Ude. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Rassadin, V.I. (2020). Kartinsky Slovar Soyotskogo Yazyka Картинский Словарь Сойотского Языка [Picture Dictionary of the Soyot Language] (PDF). Ulan-Ude: Respublikanskaya Tipografiya. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2023.