Editing Chuvash language (section)

{{Short description|Oghur Turkic language of Volga region}}
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{{Distinguish|text = the [[Chuvan language|Chuvan]] or the [[Chumash language|Chumash]] languages}}
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{{Infobox language
| name             = Chuvash
| altname          = 
| nativename       = {{lang|cv|Чӑвашла}} {{transliteration|cv|Çăvaşla}}
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|cv|tɕəʋaʃˈla|}}
| states           = [[Russia]]
| region           = [[Volga region]] (esp. [[Chuvashia]])
| nation           = [[Chuvashia]] (Russia)
| ethnicity        = {{sigfig|1.050000|3}} million [[Chuvash people|Chuvash]] (2020 census)<ref name=e26/>
| speakers         = {{sigfig|738,150|2}}<!--the 200k L2 speakers in e18 is just the difference between two estimates in e14, one of which *may* include L2 speakers-->
| date             = 2020 census
| ref              = e26
| familycolor      = Altaic
| fam1             = [[Turkic languages|Turkic]]
| fam2             = [[Oghuric languages|Oghuric]]
| script           = [[Cyrillic script|Cyrillic]]
| iso1             = cv
| iso2             = chv
| iso3             = chv
| glotto           = chuv1255
| glottorefname    = Chuvash
| map              = Chuvash_Turkic_Language_distribution_map.png
| mapcaption       = Chuvash native speaker distribution
| notice           = IPA
| map2             = Lang Status 80-VU.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Chuvash is classified as Vulnerable by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000187026 |title=Atlas of the world's languages in danger 
|work=UNESCO WAL |access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref>}}}}
}}

'''Chuvash''' ({{IPAc-en|UK|ˈ|tʃ|uː|v|ɑː|ʃ}} {{respell|CHOO|vahsh}},<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/definition/Chuvash |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612095257/https://www.lexico.com/definition/chuvash |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2020 |title=Chuvash |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{IPAc-en|US|tʃ|ʊ|ˈ|v|ɑː|ʃ}} {{respell|chuu|VAHSH}};<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.lexico.com/en/definition/Chuvash |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612095301/https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/chuvash |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2020 |title=Chuvash |dictionary=[[Lexico]] UK English Dictionary US English Dictionary |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref> {{lang|cv|Чӑвашла}}, {{small|[[Transliteration|translit.]]}} {{transliteration|cv|Çăvaşla}}, {{IPA|cv|tɕəʋaʃˈla|IPA}}){{efn|Also known as {{transliteration|cv|Chăvash}}, {{transliteration|cv|Chuwash}}, {{transliteration|cv|Chovash}}, {{transliteration|cv|Chavash}}, {{transliteration|cv|Çovaş}}, {{transliteration|cv|Çuvaş}} or {{transliteration|cv|Çuwaş}}.}} is a [[Turkic languages|Turkic language]] spoken in [[European Russia]], primarily in the [[Chuvashia|Chuvash Republic]] and adjacent areas. It is the only surviving member of the [[Oghur languages|Oghur]] branch of Turkic languages, one of the two principal branches of the Turkic family.<ref>[https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/mobile/view/10.1093/oso/9780198804628.001.0001/oso-9780198804628-chapter-28] Chuvash is the sole living representative of the Bulgharic branch, one of the two principal branches of the Turkic family.</ref>

The writing system for the Chuvash language is based on the [[Cyrillic script]], employing all of the letters used in the [[Russian alphabet]] and adding four letters of its own: [[Ӑ]], [[Ӗ]], [[Ҫ]] and [[Ӳ]].