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Revision as of 17:08, 16 November 2017
| Oghuz | |
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| Southwestern Turkic | |
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| Linguistic classification | Turkic
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| Glottolog | oghu1243 (Oghuz + Kipchak + Uzbek) |
The Oghuz languages are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family, spoken by approximately 150 million people.[2]
Terminology
The term "Oghuz" is applied to the southwestern branch of the Common Turkic languages, in reference to the Oghuz Turks who migrated from the Altai Mountains to Central Asia in the 8th century, and further expanded to the Middle East and to the Balkans as separate tribes.
Languages
The Oghuz languages currently spoken have been classified into three groups, based on their features:
- a western group, comprising Istanbul Turkish, Azerbaijani, Gagauz, Balkan Gagauz Turkish, and Ottoman Turkish
- an eastern group, comprising Turkmen and Khorasani Turkish
- a southern group, comprising Qashqai, Sonqori, Aynallu, and Afshar.
An outlying language, Salar, is spoken by about 70,000 people in China.
Two further languages, Crimean Tatar and Urum, are Kypchak languages, but have been heavily influenced by the Oghuz languages.
The extinct Pecheneg language was probably Oghuz, but as it is poorly documented, it is difficult to further classify it within the Oghuz family.[3]
Features
The Oghuz languages share a number of features that have led linguists to classify them together. Some of the features are shared with other Turkic languages, and others are unique to the Oghuz family.
Shared features
- Loss of initial *h sound (shared with all Turkic languages but Khalaj)
- Loss of productivity of the original Turkic instrumental case -n (shared with all Turkic languages but Sakha and Khalaj)
Unique features
- Voicing of stops before front vowels (e.g. gör- < kör-, "to see")
- Loss of q/ɣ after ɯ/u (e.g. quru < quruq, "dry", sarɯ < sarɯɣ, "yellow")
- Change in form of participial from -gan to -an
See also
References
- Johanson, Lars; Csató, Éva Ágnes (1998). The Turkic Languages. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-08200-5.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|lastauthoramp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - Menges, Karl H. (1995). The Turkic Languages and Peoples. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz. ISBN 3-447-03533-1.