Хакас тілі

Khakas

Turkic

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Khakas is a Siberian Turkic language spoken in the Khakas Republic on the upper Yenisei. It groups several historically distinct varieties (Sagai, Kacha, Beltir, Koibal, Kyzyl) under a single literary standard developed in the Soviet period, written in a Cyrillic-based alphabet with extra letters. Khakas preserves features rare in modern Turkic, such as remnants of pharyngealization and certain old-Turkic vowel correspondences, making it important for comparative Turkic studies.

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Khakas

Water

суғ

/suɣ/

Fire

от

/ot/

Sun

кӱн

/kyn/

Moon

ай

/aj/

Mother

иҷе

/idʑe/

Father

паба

/paba/

Eat

чиир

/tɕiːr/

Drink

ісерге

/iserɡe/

Love

хынығ

/xɯnɯɣ/

Heart

чӱрек

/tɕyrek/

Tree

ағас

/aɣas/

House

иб

/ib/

Dog

адай

/adaj/

Cat

міс

/mis/

Hand

хол

/xol/

Eye

харах

/xarax/

Hello

изеннер

/izenner/

Thank you

алғыс

/alɣɯs/

One

пір

/pir/

Good

чахсы

/tɕaxsɯ/

Words compared

Compared with related Turkic languages

Meaning KhakasTuvanAltaiTofaKarakhanidKarachay-BalkarNogai
Water суғ /suɣ/ суг /suɣ/ суу /suː/ суғ /suɣ/ suw /suw/ суу /suw/ сув /suv/
Fire от /ot/ от /ot/ от /ot/ от /ot/ ot /ot/ от /ot/ от /ot/
Sun кӱн /kyn/ хүн /xyn/ кӱн /kyn/ хүн /xyn/ kün /kyn/ кюн /kyn/ күн /kyn/
Moon ай /aj/ ай /aj/ ай /aj/ ай /aj/ ay /aj/ ай /aj/ ай /aj/
Mother иҷе /idʑe/ ава /ava/ эне /ene/ ийе /ije/ ana /ana/ ана /ana/ ана /ana/
Father паба /paba/ ача /atɕa/ ада /ada/ ача /atʃa/ ata /ata/ ата /ata/ атай /ataj/
Eat чиир /tɕiːr/ чиир /tɕiːr/ јиир /dʒiːr/ чиир /tʃiːr/ yi- /ji/ ашаргъа /aʃarʁa/ аш /aʃ/
Drink ісерге /iserɡe/ ижер /iʒer/ ичер /itʃer/ иъжер /iʔʒer/ ič- /itʃ/ ичерге /itʃerɡe/ иш /iʃ/
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