Khoton language

Khoton
Khoton
Hoton
Native to	Inner Mongolia (China), Mongolia
Ethnicity	Khotons
Extinct	19th century
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Karluk Uyghur Khoton; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	khot1252

Khoton is a dialect of Uyghur language in the Karluk group of Turkic languages. Khoton is 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 [fr], 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]
English	Khoton	Turkish
horse	atặ	at
five	beşi	beş
foot	butu	ayak
eye	gözä	göz
mouth	o:zặ	ağız
fire	otặ	ateş od^[7]
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.^{[citation needed]}

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.
^ "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". Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (25): 23. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ Archaic usage.

[1] 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.

[2] "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.

[3] 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).

[4] 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.

[5] 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.

[6] ŞÇERBAK, A. (2011). "TÜRK-MOĞOL DİL İLİŞKİLERİ". Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi (25): 23. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

[7] Archaic usage.

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