Khoton language

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Khoton
Hoton
Native to Inner Mongolia (China), Mongolia
Ethnicity Khotons
Extinct 19th century [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 None (mis)
Glottolog khot1252

Khoton is an extinct dialect of the Uyghur language in the Karluk group of Turkic languages. Khotons use the Oirat dialect of Mongolic languages in daily life. [2]

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Classification

Khoton is classified as Uyghur by various researchers (Boris Vladimirtsov  [ fr ], Alexander Samoylovich, Nikolay Baskakov), [3] an Uzbek dialect by Ármin Vámbéry, [4] a Kyrgyz dialect by Grigory Potanin and Sergey Malov. [5]

Sample words [6] [7]
EnglishKhotonTurkish
horseатӑ (ată)atặat
fiveбеші̆ (bešĭ)beşibeş
footбутў (butŭ)butuayak
eyeгӧзӓ̆ (gözä̆), козъ (koz)gözägöz
mouthо̄зӑ (ōză)o:zặağız
fireотӑ (otă)otặateş
od [1]
languageтілі̆ (tilĭ)tilidil
threeӱчӱ (üčü)üçüüç

^  1: Archaic usage.

Mixed nature

According to Nikolay Baskakov, Khoton language has q as in oçaq ('firepit') which has Old Uyghur characteristics, teey ('camel') which has Kyrgyz characteristics as in töö; оoz ('mouth') which has Southern Altai characteristics and q: qol (‘arm’) from Turkmen.

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Finke, Peter (1999). "The Kazaks of western Mongolia". In Svanberg, Ingvar (ed.). Contemporary Kazaks: Cultural and Social Perspectives. London: Curzon. p. 109. ISBN   0-7007-1115-5.
  2. ↑ "Altai Oirat". www.oeaw.ac.at. Retrieved 10 March 2024. The western provinces of Mongolia [...] are inhabited by [...] Khoton [...] All these groups [...] speak [...] the Oirat language.
  3. ↑ Talat Tekin. TÜRK DİL VE DİYALEKTLERİNİN YENİ BİR TASNİFİ (in Turkish). p. 152. Retrieved 18 December 2023. Karluk-Harezm Alt Grubu: Eskilerden Karluk-Harezm (Ahmed Yesevî, Divan-1 Hikmet vb.), Altın-Ordu (Doğu: Muhabbet-nâme vb.), Eski Özbek; yenilerden Özbek (Kıpçak diyalekderi hariç), Uygur (Salar ve Hoton dahil).
  4. ↑ Vámbéry, Ármin (1885). Das Türkenvolk in seinen ethnologischen und ethnographischen Beziehungen [The Turkish people in their ethnological and ethnographic relations] (in German). Leipzig: Brockhaus. p. 102.
  5. ↑ Oljobay Karatayev (2015). "HOTANS OF KYRGYZ ORIGIN: "KYRGYZ" ETHNONIMS AND TOPONIMS IN MONGOLIA". Karadeniz (in Turkish). Retrieved 18 December 2023. Ünlü seyyah G.N.Potanin Hotonlar için şunları demektedir: "Hotonların dili Kara-Kırgızların dili ile çok yakınlar.
  6. ↑ ŞÇERBAK, A. (2011). "TÜRK-MOĞOL DİL İLİŞKİLERİ" [Turk(ic)-Mongol Language Relations]. Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (in Turkish) (25). Translated by Babatürk, Leyla: 23. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Turkic Database at Elegant Lexicon". turkic.elegantlexicon.com. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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