h1>Khakas (Хакас тілі / Khakas tîlî)
Khakas is a Turkic language with about 60,000 speakers mainly
in the southern Siberian Khakas Republic or Khakassia in the
Russian Federation. There are a number of different dialects
of Khakas, named after different tribes: Sagay, Kacha, Koybal,
Beltir and Kyzyl, and Khakas speakers call themselves
Tadar (Tatar), and their language belongs to the
Uighur-Oguz group of the eastern Hun branch of Turkic languages.
In the mid-19th century a number of Finnish and Russian
linguists started documenting Khakas. A literary version of
the Khakas language was developed in 1924 using the Cyrillic
alphabet. The Latin alphabet was used to write the language
between 1929 and 1939, after which the Cyrillic alphabet was
used.
Khakas Latin alphabet
Khakas Cyrillic alphabet
Source: http://altaica.ru/LIBRARY/BASKAKOV/khakas_grammar.pdf
Sample text
Полған на кiзi пос паза тиң тöрiпче паза тиң постың синiн пiлiнгенiн паза тöрелерiнiңде полча. Олардың сағынғаны паза арығ сағыс пар паза харындастар чiли тудынарға киректер.
Translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
Links
Information about the Khakas language and people
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khakas_language
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kjh
http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook/khakass.shtml
Online Khakas lessons (in Russian)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_TSfdtA4xk&feature=related
Online Khakas dictionaries
http://www.freelang.net/online/khakas.php
http://www.sostik.info/