Talk:Altai languages

Move to Altai language?
We already have Altai Republic and Altai Kray, so using Altai language seems somewhat logical. "Altay language" and "Altai language" seem about equally popular on google, but "Altaian language" seems to be much more popular than "Altayan language".
 * Google Schlar hits:
 * Altai language: 64
 * Altay language: 6
 * Altaian language: 19
 * Altayan language: 0

Yaan (talk) 18:21, 11 February 2008 (UTC)


 * This should be Altai language, that is common English usage and also happens to match ISO 639-3 usage. (Taivo (talk) 13:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC))

Which "dialect" is sound system?
According to Ethnologue, Northern Altai and Southern Altai are not mutually intelligible. According to this article, the sounds of Altai differ from dialect to dialect. So why is there a sound chart here without being labelled as to which Altai it refers to? This needs to be moved to either Northern Altai language or Southern Altai language. (Taivo (talk) 13:33, 21 March 2008 (UTC))

Written Altai
According to Ethnologue, written Altai is based on Southern Altai and is rejected by children of Northern Altai. Any objections to moving the writing paragraph to Southern Altai language? (Taivo (talk) 13:36, 21 March 2008 (UTC))

Altay language templates
If you are a native speaker of Altay then you can help translate these templates into your own language:


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--Amazonien (talk) 02:47, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Restore referenced material
I've again reverted edits by which delete the "date" and "ref" parameters from the language info box, as well as add unreferenced material to the article. No source is given for the new number of speakers, which means the information is not verifiable. The "data" parameter lets us know when the count was done so it can be determined if the information is outdated or not. The "ref" parameter in this template defines the "e25" reference which is used elsewhere in the article, so removing it leaves other material in the article unreferenced and adds the article to the Category:Pages with broken reference names error category.

Please don't remove the reference, and if you intend to provide an update make sure to update the article comprehensively and with a new reference. -- Mikeblas (talk) 20:13, 3 January 2024 (UTC)


 * Again, you just totally ignored what i said, and keep talking about the "References", please respond my question instead of ignoring it and saying about the reference wich is only for Northern altai, as said in the own reference, and not for the altai languages, as i took the number of speakers of Southern and Northern altai together, and the result was that number that i put there, please don't ignore the question before replying. JJUPLOADS22 (talk) 22:05, 3 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for trying to add a reference. Unfortunately, the page you linked at Ethologue doesn't contain information about the population of speakers of this language and can't be used to verify the claim you're adding about teh number of speakers of these languages. In addition, you again deleted the existing "e25" reference which restored the referencing error and re-added it to the Category:Pages with broken reference names tracking category. To prevent the article from regressing, I'll again need to revert your change. If you have a source for this information and are able to present it, maybe I can help you create a proper reference for it.
 * I'm afraid I don't see any questions from you here. If you've got something I can help with, feel free to ask and I'll see if I can help. -- Mikeblas (talk) 22:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)