Telengit language

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Telengit
Телеҥит тил
Native to	Russia
Region	Altai Republic
Ethnicity	15,000 Telengits (2019–2024)[1]
Native speakers	c. 15,000 (2019–2024)[1]
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Kipchak Kyrgyz–Kipchak [ru] Southern Altai Telengit
Dialects	Telengit-Teles Chui
Writing system	Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	tala1279
A map of the Altai languages, including Telengit (in orange).

Telengit is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia by the Telengits.^[2] It is widespread in the Kosh-Agach and Ulagan districts of the Altai Republic.^[1]

The Telengit are also known as the Telengit-kiji or Chui-kiji.