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Karluk languages
Sub-branch of the Turkic language family / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Karluk or Qarluq languages are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family that developed from the varieties once spoken by Karluks.[1]
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Karluk | |
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Qarluq, Southeastern Turkic, Turkestan Turkic | |
Geographic distribution | Central Asia |
Linguistic classification | Turkic
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Glottolog | uygh1241 |
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Many Middle Turkic works were written in these languages. The language of the Kara-Khanid Khanate was known as Turki, Ferghani, Kashgari or Khaqani. The language of the Chagatai Khanate was the Chagatai language.
Karluk Turkic was once spoken in the Kara-Khanid Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, Timurid Empire, Mughal Empire, Yarkent Khanate and the Uzbek-speaking Khanate of Bukhara, Emirate of Bukhara, Kokand Khanate, Khiva Khanate, Maimana Khanate.[2]