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| Characteristics | |
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See also: Altaic languages
The characteristic features of the Turkic languages are vowel harmony, extensive agglutination by means of suffixes and other affixes, and lack of noun classes or grammatical gender. Subject–object–verb word order is universal within the family. All of these distinguishing characteristics are shared with the Mongolic, Tungusic, and Korean language families, as well as (with the exception of vowel harmony) with Japonic, which are considered by some linguists to be genetically linked with the Turkic languages in an Altaic language family.[7][8]
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| History | |
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See also: Proto-Turkic language, Turkic peoples, and Turkic migration
The geographical distribution of Turkic-speaking peoples across Eurasia ranges from the North-East of Siberia to Turkey in the West (see picture in the box on the right above).[9]
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The first established records of the Turkic languages are the eighth century Orkhon inscriptions by the Göktürks, recording the Old Turkic language, which were discovered in 1889 in the Orkhon Valley in Mongolia. The Compendium of the Turkic Dialects (Divânü Lügati't-Türk), written during the 11th century by Kaşgarlı Mahmud of the Kara-Khanid Khanate, constitutes an early linguistic treatment of the family. The Compendium is the first comprehensive dictionary of the Turkic languages and also includes the first known map of the Turkic speakers' geographical distribution. It mainly pertains to the Southwestern branch of the family.[10]
The Codex Cumanicus (12th–13th centuries) concerning the Northwestern branch is another early linguistic manual, between the Kipchak language and Latin, used by the Catholic missionaries sent to the Western Cumans inhabiting a region corresponding to present-day Hungary and Romania. The earliest records of the language spoken by Volga Bulgars, the parent to today's Chuvash language, are dated to the 13th–14th centuries.
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| Geographical expansion and development | |
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With the Turkic expansion during Early Middle Ages (c. 6th–11th centuries), Turkic languages, in the course of just a few centuries, spread across Central Asia, stretching from Siberia (the Sakha Republic) to the Mediterranean (Seljuk Turks). Various elements from the Turkic languages have passed into Hungarian, Persian, Hindustani, Russian, Chinese and to a lesser extent, Arabic.[11]
This section requires expansion.
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| Classification | |
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For centuries, the Turkic speaking peoples have migrated extensively and intermingled continuously, and their languages have been influenced mutually and through contact with the surrounding languages, especially the Iranian, Slavic, and Mongolic languages.[12] This has obscured the historical developments within each language and/or language group, and as a result, there exist several systems to classify the Turkic languages. The modern genetic classification schemes for Turkic are still largely indebted to Samoilovich (1922)[13] and are mainly based on the development of *d. However, there are still many questions for which ongoing research has not yet found an adequate solution.
The Turkic languages may be divided into six branches (Johanson 1998):[14]
Southwestern (Oghuz Turkic)
Northwestern (Kipchak Turkic)
Southeastern (Uyghur Turkic)[15]
Northeastern (Siberian Turkic)
Oghur Turkic
Arghu Turkic
In this classification, Oghur Turkic is also referred to as Lir-Turkic and the other branches are subsumed under the title of Shaz-Turkic or Common Turkic. It is not clear when these two major types of Turkic can be assumed to have actually diverged.[16]
With less certainty, the Southwestern, Northwestern, Southeastern and Oghur groups may further be summarized as West Turkic, the Northeastern, Kyrgyz-Kipchak and Arghu (Khalaj) groups as East Turkic.[17]
Geographically and linguistically, the languages of the Northwestern and Southeastern subgroups belong to the central Turkic languages, while the Northeastern and Khalaj languages are the so-called peripheral languages.
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| Schema | |
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The following isoglosses are traditionally used in the classification of the Turkic languages:[14]
Rhoticisation, e.g. in the last consonant of the word for "nine" *toqqız. This separates the Oghur branch, which exhibits /r/, from the rest of Turkic, which exhibits /z/. In this case, rhoticisation refers to the development of *-/r/, *-/z/, and *-/d/ to /r/ in this branch.[18]
Intervocalic *d, e.g. the second consonant in the word for "foot" *hadaq
Word-final -G, e.g. in the word for "mountain" *tāğ
Suffix-final -G, e.g. in the suffix *lIG, in e.g. *tāğlığ
Additional isoglosses include:
Preservation of word initial *h, e.g. in the word for "foot" *hadaq. This separates Khalaj as a peripheral language.
Denasalisation of palatal *ń, e.g. in the word for "moon", *ań
isogloss
Old Turkic
Turkish
Azeri
Uzbek
Uyghur
Tatar
Kazakh
Kyrgyz
Altay
Western Yugur
Fu-yü Gyrgys
Khakas
Tuvan
Sakha/Yakut
Khalaj
Chuvash
z/r (nine)
toquz
dokuz
doqquz
toqqiz
toqquz
tuğız
toğız
toğuz
toğus
doğus
toğıs
tos
toğus
toqquz
tăχăr
*h- (foot)
adaq
ayak
ayaq
oyoq
ayaq
ayaq
ayaq
ayaq
azaq
azıχ
azaχ
adaq
ataχ
hadaq
ura
*VdV (foot)
adaq
ayak
ayaq
oyoq
ayaq
ayaq
ayaq
ayaq
azaq
azıχ
azaχ
adaq
ataχ
hadaq
ura
*-g (mountain)
tag
dağ*
dağ
toğ
tağ
taw
taw
tō
tū
tağ
daχ
tağ
dağ
tıa
tāğ
tu
suffix *-g (mountainous)
taglıg
dağlık*
dağlıq
toğlık
tağlıq
tawlı
tawlı
tōlū
tūlu
*-ń (melody)
köy-
kuy-
köy-/küy-
köy-
küy-
küy-
küy-
köy-
kiěn-
*In the standard Istanbul dialect of Turkish, the ğ in dağ and dağlık is not realized as a consonant, but as a slight lengthening of the preceding vowel.
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| Members | |
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The following table is based upon the classification scheme presented by Lars Johanson (1998)[19]
Proto-Turkic
Southwestern Common Turkic (Oghuz)
Pecheneg (extinct)
West Oghuz
Ottoman Turkish (extinct), Turkish
Gagauz
Azerbaijani
Balkan Gagauz Turkish
East Oghuz
Turkmen
Khorasani Turkic
South Oghuz
Afshar
Dialects of Iran such as Qashqai, Sonqori, Aynallu, etc.
(Arghu)
Khalaj[20] Grouped with Oghuz by SIL Ethnologue
Northwestern Common Turkic (Kipchak)
Kipchak (extinct)
West Kipchak
Kumyk
Karachay-Balkar
Crimean Tatar, Urum[21]
Krymchak
Cuman (extinct)
Karaim
North Kipchak (Volga–Ural Turkic)
Kazan Tatar
Mishar
Bashkir
West Siberian Tatar[22]
South Kipchak (Aralo-Caspian)
Kazakh
Karakalpak
Kyrgyz[23]
Kipchak Uzbek (Fergana Kipchak language)
Nogay
Southeastern Common Turkic (Uyghuric)
West
Uzbek
East
Uyghur
Taranchi
Western Yugur (Yellow Uyghur)[24]
Salar[25]
Old Turkic (extinct)
Chagatay (extinct)
Aini[26]
Ili Turki
Northeastern Common Turkic (Siberian)
North Siberian
Sakha (Yakut)
Dolgan
South Siberian
Sayan Turkic
Tuvan (Soyot, Uriankhai)
Tofa
Yenisei Turkic
Khakas
Fuyü Gïrgïs
Shor (Saghay Qaca, Qizil)
Chulym Turkic
Chulym (Küerik)
Altai Turkic[27]
Altay Oirot and dialects such as Tuba, Qumanda, Qu, Teleut, Telengit
Oghur
Chuvash
Khazar (extinct)
Turkic Avar (extinct)
Bulgar (extinct)
Hunnic (extinct)
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| Vocabulary comparison | |
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The following is a brief comparison of cognates among the basic vocabulary across the Turkic language family (about 60 words).
Empty cells do not necessarily imply that a particular language is lacking a word to describe the concept, but rather that the word for the concept in that language may be formed from another stem and is not a cognate with the other words in the row or that the equivalent was unknown to contributors to this article.
Also, there may be shifts in the meaning from one language to another, and so the "Common meaning" given is only approximate. In some cases the form given is found only in some dialects of the language. Forms are given in native Latin orthographies unless otherwise noted.
Common meaning
Old Turkic
Turkish
Azerbaijani
Turkmen
Tatar
Bashkir
Kazakh
Kyrgyz
Uzbek
Uyghur
Sakha/Yakut
Chuvash
-
Father
Ata
Ata
Ata
Ata
Atta
Ata(y)
Ata
Ata
Ota
Ata
Ata
Ate
Mother
Ana
Ana/Anne
Ana
Ene
Ana
Inä(y)/Asay
Ana
Ene
Ona
Ana
Anne
Sound
Avaz
Avaz
Avaz
Avaz
Awaz
Əwez
Avaz
Ovoz
Avaz
Avaz
Son
O'gul
Oğul/Oğlan
Oğul
Oğul
Ul, uğıl
Ul
Ul
Uul
O'g'il
Oghul
Uol
Yvăl, Ul
Man
Er(kek)
Er(kek)
Er
Erkek
İr
İr(käk)
Er(kek)
Erkek
Erkak
Er
Er
Ar/Arşçin
Girl
Kyz
Kız
Qız
Gyz
Qız
Qıð
Qız
Kız
Qiz
Qiz
Ky:s
Hĕr
Person
Kişi
Kişi/Şahıs
Kişi/Şəxs
Kişi
Keshe
Keşe
Kisi
Kishi
Kishi
Kishi
Kihi
Şçin
Bride
Kelin
Gelin
Gəlin
Gelin
Kilen
Kilen
Kelin
Kelin
Kelin
Kelin
Kylyn
Kin
Mother-in-law
Kaynana
Qaynana
Gayın ene
Qayın ana
Qäynä
Qayın ene
Kaynene
Qayın ona
Qeyinana
Hun'ama
Body parts
Heart
Yürek
Yürek
Ürək
Ýürek
Yöräk
Yöräk
Jürek
Jürök
Yurak
Yürek
Süreq
Čĕre
Blood
Qan
Kan
Qan
Ga:n
Qan
Qan
Qan
Kan
Qon
Qan
Qa:n
Jun
Head
Baš
Baş
Baş
Baş
Baş
Baş
Bas
Bash
Bosh
Baş
Bas
Puś
Hair
Qıl
Kıl
Qıl
Qyl
Qıl
Qıl
Qıl
Kıl
Qil
Qil
Kıl
Eye
Köz
Göz
Göz
Göz
Küz
Küð
Köz
Köz
Ko'z
Köz
Kos
Kuś
Eyelash
Kirpik
Kirpik
Kiprik
Kirpik
Kerfek
Kerpek
Kirpik
Kirpik
Kiprik
Kirpik
Kirbi:
Hărpăk
Ear
Qulqaq
Kulak
Qulaq
Gulak
Qolaq
Qolaq
Qulaq
Kulak
Quloq
Qulaq
Gulka:k
Hălha
Nose
Burun
Burun
Burun
Burun
Borın
Moron
Murın
Murun
Burun
Burun
Murun
Arm
Qol
Kol
Qol
Gol
Qul
Qul
Qol
Kol
Qo'l
Qol,Bilek
Qol
Hul/Hol
Hand
El(ig)
El
Əl
El
Alaqan
Alakan
Qol;Ilik
Ili:
Ală
Finger
Barmak
Parmak
Barmaq
Barmak
Barmaq
Barmaq
Barmaq
Barmak
Barmoq
Barmaq
Pürne/Porn'a
Fingernail
Tyrnaq
Tırnak
Dırnaq
Dyrnaq
Tırnaq
Tırnaq
Tırnaq
Tyrmak
Tirnoq
Tirnaq
Tynyraq
Čĕrne
Knee
Tiz
Diz
Diz
Dy:z
Tez
Teð, tubıq
Tize
Tize
Tizza
Tiz
Tüsäχ
Čĕrpuśśi
Calf
Baltyr
Baldır
Baldır
Baldyr
Baltır
Baltır
Baltır
Baltyr
Boldir
Baldir
Ballyr
Pıl
Foot
Adaq
Ayak
Ayaq
Aýak
Ayaq
Ayaq
Ayaq
Ayak
Oyoq
Ayaq
Ataq
Ura
Belly
Qaryn
Karın
Qarın
Garyn
Qarın
Qarın
Qarın
Karyn
Qorin
Qerin
Qaryn
Hyrăm
Animals
Horse
At
At
At
At
At
At
At
At
Ot
At
At
Ut
Cattle
Siyir, İnek
Sığır, İnek
İnək, Sığır
Sygyr
Sıyır
Hıyır
Sïır
Sıyır
Sigir
Siyir
Inax
Vıleh
Dog
Yt
İt
İt
It
Et
Et
Ït
It
It
It
Yt
Jytă
Fish
Balyq
Balık
Balıq
Balyk
Balıq
Balıq
Balıq
Balık
Baliq
Beliq
Balyk
Pulă
Louse
Bit
Bit
Bit
Bit
Bet
Bet
Bït
Bit
Bit
Pit
Byt
Pyjtă/Put'ă
Other nouns
House
Uy
Ev
Ev
Öý
Öy
Öy
Üy
Üy
Uy
Öy
Av*
Tent
Otag
Otağ
Otaq
Otag
O'toq
Otaq
Otu:
Way
Yol
Yol
Yol
Yo:l
Yul
Yul
Jol
Jol
Yo'l
Yol
Suol
Śul
Bridge
Köprüq
Köprü
Körpü
Köpri
Küper
Küper
Köpir
Köpürö
Ko'prik
Kövrük
Kürpe
Kĕper
Arrow
Oq
Ok
Ox
Ok
Uq
Uq
Oq
Ok
O'q
Oq
Oχ
Uhă
Fire
Ot
Od
Od
Ot
Ut
Ut
Ot
Ot
O't
Ot
Uot
Vut/Vot
Ash
Kül
Kül
Kül
Kül
Köl
Köl
Kül
Kül
Kul
Kül
Kül
Kĕl
Water
Suv
Su
Su
Suw
Su
Hıw
Su
Suu
Suv
Su
Ui
Šyv/Šu
Ship, boat
Kemi
Gemi
Gəmi
Gämi
Köymä
Kämä
Keme
Keme
Kema
Keme
Kimĕ
Lake
Köl
Göl
Göl
Köl
Kül
Kül
Köl
Köl
Ko'l
Köl
Küöl
Külĕ
Sun/Day
Küneš
Gün(eş)
Gün(əş)
Gün
Kön
Kön
Kün
Kün
Kun
Kün
Kün
Kun
Cloud
Bulut
Bulut
Bulud
Bulut
Bolıt
Bolot
Bult
Bulut
Bulut
Bulut
Bylyt
Pĕlĕt
Star
Yulduz
Yıldız
Ulduz
Ýyldyz
Yoldız
Yondoð
Juldız
Jıldız
Yulduz
Yultuz
Sulus
Śăltăr
Earth
Topraq
Toprak
Torpaq
Toprak
Tufraq
Tupraq
Topıraq
Topurak
Tuproq
Tupraq
Toburaχ
Tăpra
Hilltop
Töpü
Tepe
Təpə
Depe
Tübä
Tübä
Töbe
Töbö
Tepa
Töpe
Töbö
Tüpĕ
Tree/Wood
Yağac
Ağaç
Ağac
Agaç
Ağaç
Ağas
Ağaş
Jygach
Yog'och
Yahach
Jyvăś
God (Tengri)
Tengri
Tanrı
Tanrı
Taňry
Täñre
Täñre
Täñiri
Teñir
Tangri
Tengri
Tanara
Tură/Toră
Sky, Blue
Kök
Gök
Göy
Gök
Kük
Kük
Kök
Kök
Ko'k
Kök
Küöq
Kăvak/Koak
Adjectives
Long
Uzun
Uzun
Uzun
Uzyn
Ozın
Oðon
Uzın
Uzun
Uzun
Uzun
Uhun
Vărăm
New
Yany
Yeni
Yeni
Yany
Yaña
Yañı
Jaña
Jañı
Yangi
Yengi
Sana
Śĕnĕ
Fat
Semiz
Semiz
Semiz
Simez
Himeð
Semiz
Semiz
Semiz
Semiz
Emis
Samăr
Full
Tolu
Dolu
Dolu
Do:ly
Tulı
Tulı
Tolı
Tolo
To'la
Toluq
Toloru
Tulli
White
Aq
Ak
Ağ
Ak
Aq
Aq
Aq
Ak
Oq
Aq
Black
Qara
Kara
Qara
Gara
Qara
Qara
Qara
Kara
Qora
Qara
Xara
Hura
Red
Qyzyl
Kızıl
Qızıl
Gyzyl
Qızıl
Qıðıl
Qızıl
Kızıl
Qizil
Qizil
Kyhyl
Hĕrlĕ
Numbers
1
Bir
Bir
Bir
Bir
Ber
Ber
Bir
Bir
Bir
Bir
Bi:r
Pĕrre
2
Eki
İki
İki
Iki
İke
İke
Eki
Eki
Ikki
Ikki
Ikki
Ikkĕ
4
Tört
Dört
Dörd
Dö:rt
Dürt
Dürt
Tört
Tört
To'rt
Tört
Tüört
Tăvattă
7
Yeti
Yedi
Yeddi
Yedi
Cide
Yete
Jeti
Jeti
Yetti
Yetti
Sette
Śiččĕ
10
On
On
On
O:n
Un
Un
On
On
O'n
On
Uon
Vunnă/Vonnă
100
Yüz
Yüz
Yüz
Yüz
Yöz
Yöð
Jüz
Jüz
Yuz
Yüz
Sü:s
Śĕr
Old Turkic
Turkish
Azerbaijani
Turkmen
Tatar
Bashkir
Kazakh
Kyrgyz
Uzbek
Uyghur
Sakha/Yakut
Chuvash
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^ Dybo A.V., "Chronology of Türkic languages and linguistic contacts of early Türks", Moskow, 2007, p. 766, [1] (In Russian)
^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Language Family Trees – Altaic". http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90009. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
^ a b c Katzner, Kenneth (March 2002). Languages of the World, Third Edition. Routledge, an imprint of Taylor & Francis Books Ltd.. ISBN 978-0415250047.
^ Turkic Peoples
^ Turkic Language family tree entries provide the information on the Turkic-speaking populations and regions.
^ "Language Materials Project: Turkish". UCLA International Institute, Center for World Languages. February 2007. http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Profile.aspx?LangID=67&menu=004. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
^ Lyle Campbell & Mauricio J. Mixco. 2007. A Glossary of Historical Linguistics. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. Pp. 7–8.
Anatole V. Lyovin. 1997. An Introduction to the Languages of the World. Oxford University Press. Pp. 113–114.
^ Voegelin, C.F. & F.M. Voegelin. 1977. Classification and index of the World's languages. New York: Elsevier.
^ Turkic Language tree entries provide the information on the Turkic-speaking regions.
^ Soucek, Svat (March 2000). A History of Inner Asia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521651691.
^ Findley, Carter V. (October 2004). The Turks in World History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-517726-6.
^ Johanson, Lars (2001) (PDF). Discoveries on the Turkic linguistic map. Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul. http://www.srii.org/admin/filer/Map.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
^ Classification of Turkic languages
^ a b Lars Johanson, The History of Turkic. In Lars Johanson & Éva Ágnes Csató (eds), The Turkic Languages, London, New York: Routledge, 81-125, 1998.Classification of Turkic languages
^ This branch is also referred to as Uyghuric to distinguish the branch from one of its members, Uyghur.
^ See the main article on Lir-Turkic.
^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Language Family Trees – Turkic". http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90010. Retrieved 2007-03-18. The reliability of Ethnologue lies mainly in its statistics whereas its framework for the internal classification of Turkic is still based largely on Baskakov (1962) and the collective work in Deny et al. (1959–1964). A more up to date alternative to classifying these languages on internal camparative grounds is to be found in the work of Johanson and his co-workers.
^ Larry Clark, Chuvash. In Lars Johanson & Éva Ágnes Csató (eds), The Turkic Languages, London, New York: Routledge, 434-452, 2006.
^ Lars Johanson (1998) The History of Turkic. In Lars Johanson & Éva Ágnes Csató (eds) The Turkic Languages. London, New York: Routledge, 81-125. [2]
^ Khalaj is surrounded by Oghuz languages, but exhibits a number of features that classify it as non-Oghuz.
^ Crimean Tatar and Urum are historically Kipchak languages, but have been heavily influenced by Oghuz languages.
^ Tura, Baraba, Tomsk, Tümen, Ishim, Irtysh, Tobol, Tara, etc. are partly of different origin (Johanson 1998) [3]
^ Of Altai Turkic origin, but recently closer to Kazakh (Johanson 1998)
^ Deviating. Probably of South Siberian origin (Johanson 1998)
^ Deviating. Historically developed from Southwestern (Oghuz) (Johanson 1998) [4]
^ Aini contains a very large Persian vocabulary component, and is spoken exclusively by adult men, almost as a cryptolect.
^ Some dialects are close to Kirghiz (Johanson 1998)
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Baskakov, N.A. 1962, 1969. Introduction to the study of the Turkic languages. Moscow. (In Russian)
Boeschoten, Hendrik & Lars Johanson. 2006. Turkic languages in contact. Turcologica, Bd. 61. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. Tags: | |
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