Chulym language

Chulym
Ось тили, тадар тили
Pronunciation[øs tilɪ ~ ø:s tilɪ], [tadar tilɪ]
Native toRussia
RegionTyukhtetsky District, Teguldetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Tomsk Oblast
Ethnicity382 Chulyms (2021 census)
Native speakers
30 (2019–2024)
38 (2020 census)
<20 (2017)
Dialects
Cyrillic
Language codes
ISO 639-3clw
Glottologchul1246  Lower Chulym
mele1253  Melet
tuta1234  Tutal
ELPChulym
Distribution of Chulyms throughout time
Chulym Turk is classified as Critically Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Chulym (Chulym: Ось тили, Ös tili; Russian: Чулымский язык), also known as Chulim, Chulym-Turkic (not to be confused with the Turkic Siberian Tatar language) and Ös, is a critically endangered language of the Chulyms, spoken by no more than 30 people, many of which are elderly. The names which the people use to refer to themselves are 1. пистиҥ кишилер, pistɪŋ kiʃɪler (our people) and 2. ось кишилер, øs kiʃɪler (Ös people). The native designation for the language are ось тил(и), øs til(ɪ) ~ ø:s til(ɪ), and less frequently тадар тил(и), tadar til(ɪ).

The language is spoken in Russia, at various locations along the Chulym River usually by indigenous people native to the Chulym river basin.