South Siberian Turkic

E816093

Turkic language branch branch of language family

South Siberian Turkic is a branch of the Turkic language family spoken in southern Siberia, encompassing closely related languages and dialects of indigenous Turkic peoples in the region.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Siberian Turkic	3
Sayan Turkic	1
Siberian Turkic area	1
South Siberian Turkic canonical	1
South Siberian Turkic languages	1
South Siberian Turkic peoples	1
South Siberian Turkic subgroup	1
Turkic languages of Siberia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9669398 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: South Siberian Turkic
Context triple: [Khakas, subgroup, South Siberian Turkic]

A. Southeastern Turkic
Southeastern Turkic is a major branch of the Turkic language family that includes languages such as Uyghur and Uzbek, primarily spoken in Central Asia.
B. Northeastern Turkic
Northeastern Turkic refers to the branch of the Turkic language family that includes languages such as Khakas, Tuvan, and Yakut, primarily spoken in Siberia and parts of Central Asia.
C. Southwestern Turkic
Southwestern Turkic is a major branch of the Turkic language family that includes languages such as Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Turkmen, primarily spoken across Anatolia, the Caucasus, and parts of Central and Western Asia.
D. Chagatai Turkic
Chagatai Turkic is a historical Turkic literary language that served as a major cultural and administrative lingua franca in Central Asia, especially under Turkic-Mongol and Timurid rule.
E. Khorasani Turkic
Khorasani Turkic is a Turkic language variety spoken primarily in northeastern Iran, especially in the Khorasan region, by Khorasani Turk communities.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: South Siberian Turkic
Target entity description: South Siberian Turkic is a branch of the Turkic language family spoken in southern Siberia, encompassing closely related languages and dialects of indigenous Turkic peoples in the region.

A. Southeastern Turkic
Southeastern Turkic is a major branch of the Turkic language family that includes languages such as Uyghur and Uzbek, primarily spoken in Central Asia.
B. Northeastern Turkic
Northeastern Turkic refers to the branch of the Turkic language family that includes languages such as Khakas, Tuvan, and Yakut, primarily spoken in Siberia and parts of Central Asia.
C. Southwestern Turkic
Southwestern Turkic is a major branch of the Turkic language family that includes languages such as Turkish, Azerbaijani, and Turkmen, primarily spoken across Anatolia, the Caucasus, and parts of Central and Western Asia.
D. Chagatai Turkic
Chagatai Turkic is a historical Turkic literary language that served as a major cultural and administrative lingua franca in Central Asia, especially under Turkic-Mongol and Timurid rule.
E. Khorasani Turkic
Khorasani Turkic is a Turkic language variety spoken primarily in northeastern Iran, especially in the Khorasan region, by Khorasani Turk communities.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic language branch ⓘ branch of language family ⓘ
branchOf	Common Turkic ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Altai–Sayan region ⓘ linked to: Altai-Sayan ecoregion Siberia ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	South Siberian Turkic languages ⓘ linked to: South Siberian Turkic
hasAncestor	Proto-Turkic language ⓘ linked to: Proto-Turkic
hasLinguisticFeature	SOV basic word order ⓘ postpositions ⓘ rich case system ⓘ
hasMember	Chulym Turkic language ⓘ linked to: Chulym language Kacha dialect ⓘ Khakas language ⓘ Kyzyl dialect ⓘ Sagays dialect ⓘ Saryg Yugur language ⓘ Shor language ⓘ Teleut dialect ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Chulym Turkic group ⓘ linked to: Chulym Turks Khakas–Shor group ⓘ linked to: Khakas Saryg Yugur group ⓘ
hasSubjectOfStudy	dialectology of South Siberian Turkic ⓘ historical development of South Siberian Turkic ⓘ morphology of South Siberian Turkic ⓘ phonology of South Siberian Turkic ⓘ syntax of South Siberian Turkic ⓘ
historicalRelation	Old Turkic language ⓘ
isCloseTo	Siberian Turkic languages ⓘ linked to: North Siberian Turkic languages
isDistinctFrom	Karluk Turkic ⓘ linked to: Karluk Turks Kipchak Turkic ⓘ linked to: Kipchak languages Oghuz Turkic ⓘ linked to: Oghuz Turkic language
ISOClassification	part of Turkic [trk] macrolanguage (at family level) ⓘ
languageFamily	Turkic ⓘ linked to: Turkic languages
partOf	Turkic language family ⓘ linked to: Turkic languages
region	Russia ⓘ
researchField	Turkology ⓘ
spokenBy	indigenous Turkic peoples of southern Siberia ⓘ
spokenIn	Russian Federation ⓘ linked to: Russia southern Siberia ⓘ
subclassOf	Common Turkic languages ⓘ linked to: Common Turkic
typologicalFeature	agglutinative morphology ⓘ vowel harmony ⓘ
usedFor	folklore ⓘ local literature ⓘ oral communication ⓘ
writingSystem	Cyrillic script ⓘ

How these facts were elicited