Chuvash language
| Chuvash | |
|---|---|
| Чӑвашла Çăvaşla | |
| Pronunciation | [tɕəʋaʃˈla] |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Volga region (esp. Chuvashia) |
| Ethnicity | 1.05 million Chuvash (2020 census) |
Native speakers | 740,000 (2020 census) |
| Cyrillic | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Chuvashia (Russia) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | cv |
| ISO 639-2 | chv |
| ISO 639-3 | chv |
| Glottolog | chuv1255 |
Chuvash native speaker distribution | |
Chuvash is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Chuvash (UK: /ˈtʃuːvɑːʃ/ CHOO-vahsh, US: /tʃʊˈvɑːʃ/ chuu-VAHSH; Чӑвашла, translit. Çăvaşla, IPA: [tɕəʋaʃˈla]) is a Turkic language spoken in European Russia, primarily in the Chuvash Republic and adjacent areas. It is the only surviving member of the Oghur branch of Turkic languages, one of the two principal branches of the Turkic family.
The writing system for the Chuvash language is based on the Cyrillic script, employing all of the letters used in the Russian alphabet and adding four letters of its own: Ӑ, Ӗ, Ҫ and Ӳ.