Khoton language

This article is about the extinct Turkic dialect. For the dialect spoken by Khotons in Mongolia, see Oirat language.

Not to be confused with Khotanese language.

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]

Khoton
Hoton
Native to	Inner Mongolia (China), Mongolia
Ethnicity	Khotons
Extinct	19th century[1]
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Karluk Uyghur Khoton
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	khot1252

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]

Sample words^[6][7]

English	Khoton		Turkish
horse	атӑ (ată)	atặ	at
five	беші̆ (bešĭ)	beşi	beş
foot	бутў (butŭ)	butu	ayak
eye	гӧзӓ̆ (gözä̆), козъ (koz)	gözä	göz
mouth	о̄зӑ (ōză)	o:zặ	ağız
fire	отӑ (otă)	otặ	ateş od[1]
language	тілі̆ (tilĭ)	tili	dil
three	ӱчӱ (üčü)	üçü	üç

^ 1: Archaic usage.

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.