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]
Classification
Khoton is classified as Uyghur by various researchers (Boris Vladimirtsov, Alexander Samoylovich, Nikolay Baskakov),[3] an Uzbek dialect by Ármin Vámbéry,[4] a Kyrgyz dialect by Grigory Potanin and Sergey Malov.[5]
| English | Khoton | Turkish | |
|---|---|---|---|
| horse | атӑ (ată) | atặ | at |
| five | беші̆ (bešĭ) | beşi | beş |
| foot | бутў (butŭ) | butu | ayak |
| eye | гӧзӓ̆ (gözä̆), козъ (koz) | gözä | göz |
| mouth | о̄зӑ (ōză) | o:zặ | ağız |
| fire | отӑ (otă) | otặ | ateş od[1] |
| language | тілі̆ (tilĭ) | tili | dil |
| three | ӱчӱ (üčü) | üçü | üç |
^ 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
- Baskakov, Nikolai (1962). Введение в изучение тюркских языков (in Russian). Moscow.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Malov, Sergey (1956). Лобнорский язык (in Russian). Frunze (Bishkek): Издательство Ан Киргизской ССР. p. 195.
- Vladimirtsov, Boris; Samoylovich, Alexander. "Турецкий народец хотоны". ЗВОРАО (in Russian). XXIII (3–4). Moscow: 1916.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Turkic Database at Elegant Lexicon". turkic.elegantlexicon.com. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
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