Chuvash. A language of Russian Federation (Europe)
Population | 1,640,000 in Russian Federation (2002 census). Population total all countries: 1,674,420. |
Region | Chuvashia, east of Moscow, near Volga River. About half live in towns (1995). Also in Estonia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan. |
Language map | European Russia |
Alternate names | Bulgar |
Dialects | Anatri, Viryal. The only extant language in the Bolgar branch of Turkic. |
Classification | Altaic, Turkic, Bolgar |
Language use | 200,000 L2 speakers. Most also use Russian. |
Language development | Newspapers. Radio programs. TV. NT: 1904–1911. |
Writing system | Cyrillic script. |
Comments | Agriculturalists. Christian, traditional religion. |
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