THE LIST OF ENDANGERED TURKIC LANGUAGES
Language is very significant in that it does not only make it possible people to communicate but also to facilitate the protection of their cultural identity and the transmission of it to neχt generations. Research indicates that there are nearly 7000 languages spoken by distinct groups of people. However, most of these languages are reported by field experts to be extinct in near future or later. Those languages, which are less prefered by native speaker due to several reasons, are commonly called ‘endangered languages’. When the last native speaker of these languages dies, they are named as a ‘dead language’, completing its life.
AFSHAR
ALABUGAT TATAR
ALTAI
BARABIAN TATAR
CHALKAN
CHULYM
CHUVASH
CRIMEAN TATAR
DAYI TURK
DOLGAN
DUKHA
FUYU KYRGYZ
GAGAUZ
KHAKAS
KHALAJ
ITELMEN
KALMYK (Türk)
KARACHAY-BALKAR
KARAY / KARAIM
KHORASANI
KRYMCHAK
QUMANDY
KUMAN
KUMUK
LOPNUR
NOGHAY
PAMIRIAN KYRGYZ
SAKHA / YAKUT
SALYR
SARIG YUGUR
SIBERIAN TATAR
SOYOT
SUNGUR
SHOR
TELENGIT
TELEUT
TOFA
TRUHMEN
TUBA
TUVAN
URUM