Soyot

Facts

  • Language: Soyot
  • Alternate names: Soyït tïl, Soyot tïl
  • Language code: dkims
  • Language family: Turkic, Common Turkic, Central Siberian Turkic, South Siberian Turkic, Sayan
  • Dialect of: Karagas
  • Number of speakers: 3600
  • Script:

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    Introduction

    Soyot is reported to be very similar to Dukhan, which is spoken directly across the border in Mongolia. Most people in the Soyot ethnic group have switched to using Buryat and/or Russian as their primary languages.

    The Soyot Verb

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