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Khoton language

Extinct Turkic dialect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Khoton is an extinct dialect of the Uyghur language in the Karluk group of Turkic languages. Khotons use the Oirat dialect of Mongolic languages in daily life.[2]

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Classification

Khoton is classified as Uyghur by various researchers (Boris Vladimirtsov [fr], Alexander Samoylovich, Nikolay Baskakov),[3] an Uzbek dialect by Ármin Vámbéry,[4] a Kyrgyz dialect by Grigory Potanin and Sergey Malov.[5]

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^ 1: Archaic usage.

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Mixed nature

According to Nikolay Baskakov, Khoton language has q as in oçaq ('firepit') which has Old Uyghur characteristics, teey ('camel') which has Kyrgyz characteristics as in töö; оoz ('mouth') which has Southern Altai characteristics and q: qol (‘arm’) from Turkmen.

Bibliography

  • Baskakov, Nikolai (1962). Введение в изучение тюркских языков (in Russian). Moscow.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Malov, Sergey (1956). Лобнорский язык (in Russian). Frunze (Bishkek): Издательство Ан Киргизской ССР. p. 195.
  • Vladimirtsov, Boris; Samoylovich, Alexander. "Турецкий народец хотоны". ЗВОРАО (in Russian). XXIII (3–4). Moscow: 1916.

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