Khoton language explained

Khoton language should not be confused with Khotanese language.

Khoton
Also Known As:Hoton
States:Inner Mongolia (China), Mongolia
Ethnicity:Khotons
Extinct:19th century
Ref:[1]
Familycolor:Altaic
Fam1:Turkic
Fam2:Common Turkic
Fam3:Karluk
Fam4:Uyghur
Glotto:khot1252
Glottorefname:Khotan
Iso3:none

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 (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] [7]
English Khoton Turkish
horse Uncoded languages: алӑ atặ Turkish: at
five Uncoded languages: беші̆ beşi Turkish: beş
foot Uncoded languages: бутў butu Turkish: ayak
eye Uncoded languages: гӧзӓ̆, Uncoded languages: козъ gözä Turkish: göz
mouth Uncoded languages: о̄зӑ o:zặ Turkish: ağız
fire Uncoded languages: отӑ otặ Turkish: ateş
Turkish: od[8]
language Uncoded languages: тілі̆ tili Turkish: dil
three Uncoded languages: ӱчӱ üçü Turkish: üç

Mixed nature

According to Nikolay Baskakov, Khoton language has q as in Uncoded languages: oçaq ('firepit') which has Old Uyghur characteristics, Uncoded languages: teey ('camel') which has Kyrgyz characteristics as in Kirghiz; Kyrgyz: töö; Uncoded languages: оoz ('mouth') which has Southern Altai characteristics and q: Uncoded languages: qol (‘arm’) from Turkmen.

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Finke, Peter. Contemporary Kazaks: Cultural and Social Perspectives. Curzon. 1999. 0-7007-1115-5. Svanberg. Ingvar. London. 109. The Kazaks of western Mongolia.
  2. Web site: Altai Oirat . www.oeaw.ac.at . 10 March 2024 . The western provinces of Mongolia [...] are inhabited by [...] Khoton [...] All these groups [...] speak [...] the Oirat language..
  3. Book: Talat Tekin . TÜRK DİL VE DİYALEKTLERİNİN YENİ BİR TASNİFİ . 152 . 18 December 2023 . tr . 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. Book: Vámbéry, Ármin . Das Türkenvolk in seinen ethnologischen und ethnographischen Beziehungen . Brockhaus . 1885 . Leipzig . 102 . de . The Turkish people in their ethnological and ethnographic relations.
  5. Oljobay Karatayev . HOTANS OF KYRGYZ ORIGIN: "KYRGYZ" ETHNONIMS AND TOPONIMS IN MONGOLIA . Karadeniz . 2015 . 18 December 2023 . tr . Ünlü seyyah G.N.Potanin Hotonlar için şunları demektedir: “Hotonların dili Kara-Kırgızların dili ile çok yakınlar..
  6. ŞÇERBAK . A. . Babatürk . Leyla . TÜRK-MOĞOL DİL İLİŞKİLERİ . Turk(ic)-Mongol Language Relations . Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi . 2011 . 25 . 23 . 28 October 2023 . tr.
  7. Web site: Turkic Database at Elegant Lexicon . turkic.elegantlexicon.com . 4 December 2024.
  8. Archaic usage.

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