Chelkan language
| Chelkan | |
|---|---|
| Kuu-Kizhi, Chalkan | |
| куу, къуу, чалкъанду, шалкъанду | |
| Native to | Russia |
| Region | Altai Republic |
| Ethnicity | Chelkans |
Native speakers | 648 (2021) |
Turkic
| |
| Cyrillic script | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
alt_quu Qü | |
| Glottolog | chel1242 |
A map of the Altai languages, including Chelkan (in red). | |
Chelkan (also Chalkan, Chalqandu) is a Turkic language spoken in the Altai Republic in Russia by 648 Chelkans.