| Khoton | |
|---|---|
| Hoton | |
| Native to | Inner Mongolia (China), Mongolia |
| Ethnicity | Khotons |
| Extinct | 19th century[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
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]
Classification
Khoton is classified as Uyghur by various researchers (Boris Vladimirtsov, Alexander Samoylovich, Nikolay Baskakov), an Uzbek dialect by Ármin Vámbéry, a Kyrgyz dialect by Grigory Potanin and Sergey Malov. The closest language is Tuvan.[3]
| English | Khoton | Turkish |
|---|---|---|
| horse | atặ | at |
| five | beşi | beş |
| foot | butu | ayak |
| eye | gözä | göz |
| mouth | o:zặ | ağız |
| fire | otặ | ateş |
| language | tili | dil |
| three | üçü | üç |
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.
Related Literature
- 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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Project, Joshua. "Khoton in Mongolia". joshuaproject.net. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
- ↑ Lindsay, Robert (2010). Mutual Intelligibility Among the Turkic Languages.
- ↑ ŞÇERBAK, A. (2011). "TÜRK-MOĞOL DİL İLİŞKİLERİ". Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (25): 23. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
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