Khorezmian Turkic

Not to be confused with Khwarezmian language or Khorasani Turkic.

Khorezmian Turkic or Khwārazm Turkish (called Türki by its early user Nāṣir al-Dīn ibn Burhān al-Dīn Rabghūzī)^[1] was a literary Turkic language^[2] of the medieval Golden Horde of Central Asia and Eastern Europe in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries CE.

Khorezmian Turkic
Türki
Region	Golden Horde, Chagatai Khanate
Era	13th–14th century developed into Chagatai
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Karluk Khorezmian Turkic
Early form	Karakhanid
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zkh
Linguist List	zkh
Glottolog	None

The Khwārazm region was devoid of Turkic commonality until 11st when several conquests took place. In 13th century, with progressive Turkic settlements, the place became a Turkish dominated territory. ^[3]

Relationship to other languages

Khorezmian Turkic is generally thought to have emerged from the Karakhanid language and to have transitioned into the Chagatai language, which would remain an important language of Central Asia until the twentieth century. Khorezmian was based on Old Turkic further to the east, though incorporating local Oghuz and Kipchak words.^[1]

Texts in Khorezmian

• Gülistan bit-Türki [tt]^[4]
• Qiṣaṣ-i Rabghūzī^[5]
• Nahjatü l-farādīs^[5]