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Ili Turki language
Ili Turki is a language spoken primarily in China . It belongs to the Turkic family of languages . There were approximately 120 speakers of this language as of 1982 .
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 .[1] [2]
A comparison of Ili Turki's Chagatay and Kipchak features is shown below:
Kipchak & Chagatay features in Ili Turki
Kazakh (Kipchak)Ili Turki
Uzbek (Chagatay)English
*G > w after low vowels
taw taw tɒɣ mountain
Genitive assimilation
tyje+niŋ / et+tiŋ tʉjæ+nin / et+tin tʉjæ+niŋ / et+niŋ of the camel / of the meat
*G > w > Ø after high vowels
sarɨ sarɨq sarɨq yellow
Loss of geminate consonants
segiz sekkiz sækkiz eight
Geographic Distribution Ili Turki is in China's Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture along the Ili River and its tributaries and in Yining . There may be some speakers in Kazakhstan . Ili Turki has no official status in either country.
Sounds
Consonants
Vowels
References
^ Zhào Xiāngrú and Reinhard F. Hahn (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal 33 (3/4): 261-285. ^ Reinhard F. Hahn (1991). "An Annotated Sample of Ili Turki". Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiorum Hungaricae 45 (1): 31-53.
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