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Karluk languages

Sub-branch of the Turkic language family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Karluk languages
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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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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]

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Classification

Languages

Proto-Turkic Common Turkic Karluk Western
Eastern
Old

Glottolog v.5.0 refers to the Karluk languages as "Turkistan Turkic" and classifies them as follows:[6]

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References

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