What is Chuvash language?
{{Infobox language |name = Chuvash |nativename = Чӑвашла, ''Čăvašla'' |pronunciation = {{IPA|[tɕəʋaʂˈla]}} |states = [[Russia]] |region = [[Chuvash Republic|Chuvashia]] and adjacent areas |nation = {{Flag|Russia}} *{{Flag|Chuvashia}} |ethnicity = [[Chuvash people|Chuvash]] |speakers = {{sigfig|1.08|2}} million<!--the 200k L2 speakers in e18 is just the difference between two estimates in e14, one of which *may* include L2 speakers--> |date = 2010 [[Russian Census (2010)|census]] |ref=e18 |familycolor = Altaic |fam1 = [[Turkic languages|Turkic]] |fam2 = [[Oghur languages|Oghur]] (Lir) |ancestor = [[Bulgar language|Bulgar]] |script=[[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]] |iso1=cv |iso2=chv |iso3=chv |glotto=chuv1255 |glottorefname=Chuvash |notice=IPA }} '''Chuvash''' ({{lang|cv|Чӑвашла}}, ''Čăvašla''; {{IPA-cv|tɕəʋaʂˈla|IPA}})<ref>also known as ''Chăvash'', ''Chuwash'', ''Chovash'', ''Chavash'', ''Çuvaş'' or ''Çuaş''</ref> is a [[Turkic language]]. It is spoken in [[Chuvashia]], a part of central [[Russia]]. It is the only language from the [[Oghur languages|Oghur]] branch of the Turkic languages that is still spoken today. Though many Turkic languages [[mutual intelligibility|can be understood by different speakers]], Chuvash is quite different. Chuvash is written using the [[Cyrillic script]]. Its alphabet has all of the letters of the [[Russian language|Russian alphabet]] and adds four letters of its own: [[Ӑ]], [[Ӗ]], [[Ҫ]] and [[Ӳ]]. ==References== {{reflist}} == Other websites == {{InterWiki|code=cv}} * [http://chuvash.org/content%2F3037-На%20чувашском%20конь%20еще%20не%20валялся....html Виталий Станьял: На чувашском конь еще не валялся...] * [http://chuvash.org/content%2F3038-Чӑваш%20ваттисен%20тӗп%20канашӗн%20йышӑнӑвӗ.html Виталий Станьял: Решение Совета Аксакалов ЧНК] [[Category:Chuvash Republic]] [[Category:Languages of Russia]] [[Category:Turkic languages]]