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<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <title>Khakas language, alphabet and pronunciation</title> <meta name="description" content="Khakas is a Turkic language spoken by about 60,000 people mainly in the Republic of Khakassia in the south of the Russian Federation." />  <script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start': new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src= 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f); })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-WB7PSHBG');</script>  <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://www.omniglot.com/images/logos/omniglot_thumbnail.jpg" /> <meta property="og:type" content="https://www.facebook.com/pg/Omniglot-100430558332117/posts/" /> <link href="/styles/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> <script src="https://the.gatekeeperconsent.com/cmp.min.js" data-cfasync="false"></script> <script async src="//www.ezojs.com/ezoic/sa.min.js"></script> <script> window.ezstandalone = window.ezstandalone || {}; ezstandalone.cmd = ezstandalone.cmd || []; </script></head> <body> <div id="header">  <noscript><iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-WB7PSHBG" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe></noscript>  <p><a href="/index.htm"><img src="/images/logos/header_omniglot.png" width="600" height="70" alt="Omniglot - the online encyclopedia of writing systems & languages" /></a></p> <ul> <li><a href="/index.htm">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/writing/index.htm">Alphabets</a></li> <li><a href="/conscripts/index.htm">Constructed scripts</a></li> <li><a href="/writing/languages.htm">Languages</a></li> <li><a href="/language/phrases/phraseindex.htm">Phrases</a></li> <li><a href="/language/numbers/index.htm">Numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/language/ml.htm">Multilingual Pages</a></li> <li><a href="/search.htm">Search</a></li> <li><a href="/news/index.htm">News</a></li> <li><a href="/about.htm">About</a></li> <li><a href="/contact.htm">Contact</a></li> </ul></div> <div id="bodybox"> <span style="text-align:center;"><div id="ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-162"></div> <script> ezstandalone.cmd.push(function() { ezstandalone.showAds(162); }); </script></span><div id="body"> <h1>Khakas (Хакас тілі / Khakas tîlî)</h1> <p>Khakas is a Turkic language with about 60,000 speakers mainly in the Republic of Khakassia in eastern Siberia in the south of the Russian Federation. There are a number of different dialects of Khakas, named after different tribes: Sagay, Kacha, Koybal, Beltir and Kyzyl, and Khakas speakers call themselves <em>Tadar</em> (Tatar), and their language belongs to the Uighur-Oguz group of the eastern Hun branch of Turkic languages. </p> <p><iframe src="https://www.google.com/maps/embed?pb=!1m18!1m12!1m3!1d2439342.2524677375!2d87.6526186759279!3d53.34020998420641!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!3m3!1m2!1s0x42d2d5da21f419a9%3A0x4f8c945548759b27!2sRepublic+of+Khakassia%2C+Russia!5e0!3m2!1sen!2suk!4v1522253237146" width="400" height="300" style="border:0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </p> <p>In the mid-19th century a number of Finnish and Russian linguists started documenting Khakas. A literary version of the Khakas language was developed in 1924 using the Cyrillic alphabet. The Latin alphabet was used to write the language between 1929 and 1939, after which the Cyrillic alphabet was used. </p> <h2>Khakas Latin alphabet</h2> <p><img src="../images/writing/khakas_lat.gif" width="578" height="240" alt="Khakas alphabet" /> </p> <h2>Khakas Cyrillic alphabet</h2> <p><img src="../images/writing/khakas_cyr.gif" width="591" height="526" alt="Khakas alphabet" /> </p> <p><em>Source: <a href="http://altaica.ru/LIBRARY/BASKAKOV/khakas_grammar.pdf">http://altaica.ru/LIBRARY/BASKAKOV/khakas_grammar.pdf</a></em> </p> <h2>Sample text</h2> <p>Полған на кiзi пос паза тиң тöрiпче паза тиң постың синiн пiлiнгенiн паза тöрелерiнiңде полча. Олардың сағынғаны паза арығ сағыс пар паза харындастар чiли тудынарға киректер. </p> <h3>Transliteration (by Shawn Kilpatrick)</h3> <p>Polğan na kïzï pos paza tiŋ törïpçe paza tiŋ postıŋ sinïn pïlïngenïn paza törelerïnïŋde polça. Olardıŋ sağınğanı paza arığ sağıç par paza xarındastar çïli tudınarğa kirekter. </p> <h3>Translation</h3> <p>All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. <br /> <em>(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)</em> </p> <h2>Sample video in Khakhas</h2> <div class="intrinsic-container intrinsic-container-16x9"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1TfwxESyKdY" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> <p class="info"><a href="/writing/khakas.htm">Information about Khakas</a> | <a href="/language/numbers/khakas.htm">Numbers in Khakas</a></p> <h2>Links</h2> <p>Information about the Khakas language and people<br /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khakas_language">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khakas_language</a><br /> <a href="http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kjh">http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kjh</a><br /> <a href="http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/khakass.shtml">http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/khakass.shtml</a> </p> <p>Online Khakas dictionaries<br /> <a href="http://www.freelang.net/online/khakas.php">http://www.freelang.net/online/khakas.php</a><br /> <a href="http://www.sostik.info/">http://www.sostik.info/</a> </p> <h2>Turkic languages</h2> <p><a href="/writing/altay.htm">Altay</a>, <a href="/writing/aynu.htm">Äynu</a>, <a href="/writing/azeri.htm">Azerbaijani</a>, <a href="/writing/bashkir.htm">Bashkir</a>, <a href="/writing/chagatai.htm">Chagatai</a>, <a href="/writing/chelkan.htm">Chelkan</a>, <a href="/writing/chulym.htm">Chulym</a>, <a href="/writing/chuvash.htm">Chuvash</a>, <a href="/writing/crimeantatar.php">Crimean Tatar</a>, <a href="/writing/dolgan.htm">Dolgan</a>, <a href="/writing/fuyukyrgyz.htm">Fuyu Kyrgyz</a>, <a href="/writing/gagauz.htm">Gagauz</a>, <a href="/writing/iliturki.htm">Ili Turki</a>, <a href="/writing/balkar.htm">Karachay-Balkar</a>, <a href="/writing/karaim.htm">Karaim</a>, <a href="/writing/karakalpak.php">Karakalpak</a>, <a href="/writing/karamanliturkish.htm">Karamanli Turkish</a>, <a 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