Dukhan language


The Dukha or Dukhan language is an endangered Turkic variety spoken by approximately five hundred people of the Dukhan people in the Tsagaan-Nuur county of Khövsgöl Province in northern Mongolia. Dukhan belongs to the Taiga subgroup of Sayan Turkic. This language is nearly extinct and secondary use only. The ISO 639-3 proposal code was dkh, but was rejected.
It is mostly related to the speech of Soyot of Buryatia. Also, it is related to the speech of Tozhu Tuvans and Tofa language. Today, used mixing together with Mongolian.
Dukhan morphophonemic units are written with capital letters, similar to its sister languages and standard grammars

Origin

The Dukha language or Dukhan is an endangered Turkic language. It is spoken by about five hundred people of the Dukhan from the Tsagaan-Nuur County, Tsagaannurr is a Sum of Mongolia in the province of Khovsgol, located in Northern Mongolia.

Classification of the Turkic Languages

Current Situation

Currently, The Dukhan language is mainly related to the amalgam of dialects from the nomadic people of Inner Mongolia, China, Russia, and surrounding areas.