Turkic family
Yakut (Sakha)
c. 1300 CE – today Living
Yakut (Sakha) (c. 1300 CE – today) is a living Turkic language. Lineage: Proto-Turkic → Old Turkic → Yakut (Sakha).
See Yakut (Sakha) on the interactive map- Speakers
- 450K (450,000)
- ISO 639-3
- sah
- Glottocode
- yaku1245
Northeastern (Siberian) Turkic language of the Sakha Republic, with a large Mongolic and Tungusic lexical layer. Separated from other Turkic early.
Lineage
- Proto-Turkicc. 200 BCE – 500 CE
- Old Turkic550 CE – 900 CE
- Yakut (Sakha)c. 1300 CE – today
Sister languages 4
Also descended from Old Turkic.