public_comment: "The Altay language is divided into two large groups: the southern group consists of the languages of the Altay, Teleuts and Telengits, the northern group of the Kumandin and Chelkan languages. The northern dialects of Altay belong to the eastern branch of the Uighur-Oguz group, the southern dialects to the Kirgiz-Kipchak group. The linguistic differences between the northern and the southern dialectal groups are so big that they seriously hamper mutual comprehension. The northern dialects of Altay are close to the Kondoma dialect of the Shor language. (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire)",
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public_comment: "Data for the number of native speakers comes from (1993 J. Janhunen). Data for the ethnic population includes "Northern Altai [atv] but excluding 2,399 Talangits and 2,650 Teleuts, 2002 census."",
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date_of_info: "1989",
public_comment: "Combined figure of both Southern and Northern Altay.",
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public_comment: "Source: According to the 1959 census the Altaics numbered either 44,654 or 45,300 (according to different sources), 88.7 %% of whom were native speakers. According to the 1979 census data the total number of Altaics was approximately 60,000 of whom 50,203 lived in the autonomous region.",