Yurta language

Yurta
Юртӹ чылме, Юртӹшла Yurtă cĕlme, Yurtăsyla
File:WelcomeToYurtaRegionSign.png Multilingual roadway sign in Sautharian (top) and Yurta (bottom), it reads as "You are now entering the Yurta Autonomous Region"
Pronunciation	[ˈɪ̯urtʌ̹ ˈt͡ʃɨlme] [ɪ̯urˈtʌ̹ʃla]
Native to	Sauthar
Ethnicity	837,251 Yurta
Native speakers	789,420 (native) 1,057,675 (2nd language)  (2022)
Language family	Yurta
Writing system	Cyrillic (current) Latin (former)
Language codes
ISO 639-2	yrt
ISO 639-3	yrt

Yurta (natively known as: Юртӹ чылме, Yurtă cĕlme, IPA: [ˈɪ̯urtʌ̹ ˈt͡ʃɨlme]) is an isolate language spoken by the indiginous Yurta people of northern Sauthar, primarily in the Yurta autonomous region and adjacent areas, and the Yurta diaspora. Approximantly 1/7th of the Yurta population is monolingual due to them living in rural areas. There are 3 dialect groups of Yurta, northern, southern and island, only the norhtern and island variaeties are still spoken daily.

Usage

Yurta is the native language of the Yurta people and an official language of the Yurta autonomous region. It is spoken by approximately 1,829,000 people in Sauthar, of which only 789,420 natively, and another 18,000 in other countries. 94% of ethnic Yurta and 25% of the people of other ethnicities living in Sauthar claimed knowledge of the Yurta language during the 2022 census. Despite that and although Yurta is taught at schools and sometimes used in the media, it is considered endangered, because Sautharian dominates in most spheres of life outside of the Yurta autonomous region, and few children learning Yurta outside of it are likely to become active users.

Phonology

Consonant

	Labial	Dental	Palatal	Velar
Plosive/Affricate	p ⟨п/p⟩	t ⟨т/t⟩	t͡ʃ ⟨ч/c⟩	k ⟨к/k⟩
Nasal	m ⟨м/m⟩	n ⟨н/n⟩	ɲ ⟨нь/ny⟩
Fricative	v~ʋ~w ⟨⟩	s ⟨с/s⟩	ʃ ⟨ш/sy⟩	x ⟨х/h⟩
Approximant		l ⟨л/l⟩	j ⟨й,ь/y⟩
Rhotic		ɾ~r ⟨р/r⟩