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Khoton language

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Khoton
Hoton
Native toInner Mongolia (China), Mongolia
EthnicityKhotons
Extinct19th century[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologkhot1252

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

Classification

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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]
English Khoton Turkish
horse atặ at
five beşi beş
foot butu ayak
eye gözä göz
mouth o:zặ ağız
fire otặ ateş
od[7]
language tili dil
three üçü üç

Mixed nature of Khoton

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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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  • Nikolai Baskakov. Введение в изучение тюркских языков. М., 1962. (переизд., М., 2006)
  • Sergey Malov. Лобнорский язык. Фрунзе, 1958
  • Boris Vladimirtsov, Alexander Samoylovich. Турецкий народец хотоны (ЗВОРАО, т. XXIII, вып. 3–4, Пг., 1916).

References

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  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". Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (25): 23. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
  7. ^ Archaic usage.