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
Glottolog khot1252

Khoton is a dialect of Uyghur language in the Karluk group of Turkic languages. Khoton learners are decreasing every year and considered an extinct language. Khotons use 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, Talât Tekin), [3] an Uzbek dialect by Ármin Vámbéry [ citation needed ], a Kyrgyz dialect by Grigory Potanin and Sergey Malov. [4]

Sample words [5]
EnglishKhotonTurkish
horseatặat
fivebeşibeş
footbutuayak
eyegözägöz
moutho:zặağız
fireotặateş
languagetilidil
threeüçüüç

Mixed nature of Khoton

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

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References

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