Ili Turks Explained

Group:	Ili Turks
Region1:	Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture
Pop1:	120 (2019)
Ref1:	^[1]
Region2:
Pop2:	57 (2009)
Ref2:	^[2]
Languages:	Ili Turki, Kazakh, Chinese
Religions:	Sunni Islam
Related:	Uyghurs, Äynus, Uzbeks, Kazakhs

The Ili Turks (Chinese: s=土尔克人|p=Tǔ'ěrkè rén|l=Turk people) are a Turkic ethnic group native to Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture of northern Xinjiang, China.^[3] They speak the Ili Turki language, which belongs to the Karluk branch of the Turkic languages. The oral history of the Ili Turks says that they came from the Ferghana Valley of Uzbekistan. The Chinese government does not recognize the Ili Turks as a distinct ethnic group in censuses.

The Ili Turks are nomadic herders. There are many unique animal husbandry words in their language.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ili Turki . https://web.archive.org/web/20190606083117/https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/ili/ . 2019-06-06 . Ethnologue.
2. Web site: Perepis naseleniya Respubliki Kazakhstan 2009 goda. Kratkiye itogi. . ru:Перепись населения Республики Казахстан 2009 года. Краткие итоги. . https://www.webcitation.org/5uvOtyVTC?url=http://www.stat.kz/p_perepis/Documents/%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8C/ . 12 December 2010 . dead . ru.
3. Book: Xinjiang Weiwu'er Zizhiqu Minzu Yuyan Wenzi Gongzuo Weiyuanhui . Xīnjiāng mínzú yǔyán fēnbù zhuàngkuàng yǔ fāzhǎn qūshì . 2002 . Beijing yuyan daxue chubanshe . 7-5619-1128-9 . Beijing . zh . zh:新疆民族语言分布状况与发展趋势 . Xinjiang Weiwu'er Zizhiqu Minzu Yuyan Wenzi Gongzuo Weiyuanhui 新疆维吾尔自治区民族语言文字工作委员会.
4. Zhao . Xiangru . Aximu . 1985 . Xīnjiāng Yīlí dìqū Tǔěrkèhuà de tèdiǎn . zh:新疆伊犁地区土尔克话的特点 . Mínzú yǔwén . 1985 . 5 . 26–35 . REF新疆伊犁地区土尔克话的特点 . Aximu 阿西木 . zh:民族语文.
5. Zhào . Xiāngrú . Hahn . Reinhard F. . 1989 . The Ili Turk People and Their Language . Central Asiatic Journal . 33 . 3/4 . 261–285 . 41927706 . REF伊犁土尔克人及其语言.