Kuu-Kizhi

Facts

  • Language: Kuu-Kizhi
  • Alternate names: Kuu, Quu, Tuva, Čalkandu, Šalkandu, Chalkan Tatar, Lebed Tatar
  • Language code: datvq
  • Language family: Turkic, Common Turkic, Central Siberian Turkic, South Siberian Turkic
  • Dialect of: Altai, Northern
  • Number of speakers: 2000
  • Script: Cyrillic script.

More information:

    Introduction

    Baskakov (1958) describes the Kuu Kizhi as living "along the Lebed' and its tributary the Baygol (in the villages of Kurmač-Baygol, Suranaš, Malyy Čibečen' and Itkuč)." He distinguishes two sub-groups, the šalkanïg and the šagšïlïk, whom he reports are quite similar.

    The Kuu-Kizhi Verb

    Verblists