Khakas (Khakas:
Хакас тілі, Khakas tîlî) is a
Turkic language spoken by the
Khakas people, who mainly live in the southwestern Siberian Khakas Republic, or
Khakassia, in
Russia. The Khakas number 75,000, of whom 20,000 speak the Khakas language, most of whom are bilingual in
Russian.