- Ili Turki language
language
name=Ili Turki
familycolor=Altaic
states=China
region=Xinjiang
speakers=120
fam1=Altaic
fam2=Turkic
fam3=Qarluq
iso2=tut|iso3=iliIli Turki is a
language spoken primarily inChina . It belongs to the Turkic family of languages. There were approximately 120 speakers of this language as of1982 .Classification
Ili Turki appears to belong to the Chagatay group of Turkic languages, although it exhibits a number of features that suggest a Kypchak
substratum . [cite journal
author = Zhào Xiāngrú and Reinhard F. Hahn
year = 1989
title = The Ili Turk People and Their Language
journal =Central Asiatic Journal
volume = 33
issue = 3/4
pages = 261-285 ] [cite journal
author = Reinhard F. Hahn
year = 1991
title = An Annotated Sample of Ili Turki
journal = Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiorum Hungaricae
volume = 45
issue = 1
pages = 31-53 ]A comparison of Ili Turki's Chagatay and Kipchak features is shown below:
References
External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ili Ili Turki language on Ethnologue]
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