Tubalar | |
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Туба, Тума | |
Native to | Russia |
Region | Altai Republic, Altai Krai |
Ethnicity | Tubalars |
Native speakers | 930 (2020)[1] |
Turkic
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Cyrillic | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | tuba1280 |
A map of the Altai languages, including Tubalar (in green). |
The Tuba-Kiji, Tubalar or Tuba language is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia.
The Tuba-Kiji are sometimes called "Black Tatars" (Russian: чернёвых татар) or Tubalars.