Southern Altai

Q: What alphabet or script does Southern Altai use?

Southern Altai is written using the Cyrillic script (Cyrl).

Q: What direction is Southern Altai written?

Southern Altai is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European languages.

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Southern Altai is a Turkic language . It is written using the Cyrillic script. Its BCP 47 language code is alt.

Writing Systems Used for Southern Altai

Frequently Asked Questions

What alphabet or script does Southern Altai use?

Southern Altai is written using the Cyrillic script (ISO 15924 code: Cyrl). Cyrillic is written left-to-right.

What direction is Southern Altai written?

Southern Altai is written Left-to-right. Text runs from left to right, the same direction as most European languages.

What language family does Southern Altai belong to?

Southern Altai belongs to the Turkic language family. It is written with the Cyrillic script.

What is the language code for Southern Altai?

The BCP 47 language code for Southern Altai is "alt". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.

Language Facts

BCP 47 Code: alt
ISO 639-3: alt
Status: living
Language Family: Turkic
Scripts: 1
Primary Script: Cyrillic

Other Cyrillic Languages

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Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.