Siberian Turkic languages


The Siberian Turkic or Northeastern Common Turkic languages, are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family. The following table is based upon the classification scheme presented by Lars Johanson.

Siberian Turkic languages by native speakers

The Turkic languages are a language family of at least 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples. The number of speakers derived from statistics or estimates and were rounded:
NumberNameStatusNative SpeakersMain Country
1Yakut languageVulnerable400,000
2Tuvan languageVulnerable300,000
3Altai languageSeverely endangered60,000
4Khakas languageDefinitely endangered50,000
5Western Yugur languageSeverely endangered5,000
6Shor languageSeverely endangered3,000
7Dolgan languageDefinitely endangered1,000
8Tofa languageCritically endangered100
9Chulym languageCritically endangered50
TotalSiberian Turkic languagesVulnerable800,000

Classification

notes that Tofa and other Siberian Turkic languages, especially Sayan Turkic, have Yeniseian loanwords.