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Chuvash

Also known as Chuvash language, Çăvaşla

Turkic language spoken in central Russia, primarily in the Chuvash Republic and adjacent areas

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Chuvash is a Turkic language spoken mainly in the Chuvash Republic and surrounding areas of central Russia. It is notable as a distinct member of the Turkic language family with its own unique characteristics and speaker community.

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Instance of: modern language
Subclass of: Turkic
Country: Uzbekistan
Located in: Orenburg Oblast
Follows: Bulgar

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topic's main category: Category:Chuvash language
Commons category: Chuvash language
Wikimedia language code: cv
writing system: Cyrillic script
native label: Чăваш чĕлхи
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 738070
short name: чувашаг
linguistic typology: agglutinative language
indigenous to: Chuvashia
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/CHV
has grammatical case: abessive case
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on focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Ukraine
entry in abbreviations table: чуваш.
described at URL: turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=chu
female form of label: la langue tchouvache

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Chuvash ( UK: /ˈtʃuːvɑːʃ/ CHOO-vahsh, US: /tʃʊˈvɑːʃ/ chuu-VAHSH; Чӑваш чӗлхи, Чӑвашла, translit. Çăvaşla, IPA: [tɕəʋaʃˈla]) is a Turkic language spoken in Volga-Ural region of Russia, primarily in the Chuvash Republic and adjacent areas. It is the only surviving member of the Oghur branch of Turkic languages, one of the two principal branches of the Turkic family.

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