Ili Turki language

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Ili Turki
İlı turkeşi
Native to China, Kazakhstan
Region Xinjiang
Native speakers
unknown (120 in China cited 1980)[1]
30 families in China (2007); moribund in Kazakhstan
Turkic
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ili
Glottolog ilit1241[2]
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Ili Turki is a Turkic language spoken primarily in China. There were approximately 120 speakers of this language in 1982.

Classification

Ili Turki appears to belong to the Chagatay group of Turkic languages, although it exhibits a number of features that suggest a Kipchak substratum.[3] [4]

A comparison of Ili Turki's Chagatay and Kipchak features is shown below:

Kipchak & Chagatay features in Ili Turki
  Kazakh (Kipchak) Ili Turki Uzbek (Chagatay) English
*G > w after low vowels taw taw tɒɣ mountain
Genitive assimilation tyje+niŋ / et+tiŋ tʉjæ+nin / et+tin tʉjæ+niŋ / et+niŋ of the camel / of the meat
*G > w > Ø after high vowels sarɨ sarɨq sarɨq yellow
Loss of geminate consonants seɡiz sekkiz sækkiz eight

Geographic distribution

Ili Turki is in China's Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture along the Ili River and its tributaries and in Yining. There may be some speakers in Kazakhstan. Ili Turki has no official status in either country.

Sounds

Consonants

Consonants of Ili Turki
Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ  
Plosive p b t d k ɡ q    
Fricative s z ʃ χ ʁ h
Tap ɾ
Approximant l j w

Vowels

Vowel Sounds of Ili Turki
Front non-Front
Unrounded Rounded
Close i ɨ ʉ
Mid e ɵ
Open æ ɑ

See also

References

  1. Ili Turki at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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