Ili Turki language
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Ili Turki | |
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İlı turkeşi И̇лı туркес̧и ي̇لي تۋركەسي | |
Native to | Ili Turks |
Native speakers | 30 families in China (2007); moribund in Kazakhstan[1] |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ili |
Glottolog | ilit1241 |
ELP | Ili Turki |
Ili Turki is an endangered[2] Turkic language spoken primarily in China. In 2007, it was reported that there were around 30 families using it in China.
Classification
Ili Turki appears to belong to the
A comparison of Ili Turki's Chagatay and Kipchak features is shown below:
Kazakh (Kipchak) | Ili Turki | Uzbek (Chagatay) | English | |
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*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 spoken in China's
Ili River and its tributaries and in Yining. There may be some speakers in Kazakhstan
. Ili Turki has no official status in either country.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
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Nasal | m | n
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ŋ | |||||||||
Plosive
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p | b | t
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d
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tʃ | dʒ | k | ɡ | q | |||
Fricative
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s | z | ʃ | χ | ʁ | h | ||||||
Tap
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ɾ | |||||||||||
Approximant
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l
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j | w |
Vowels
Front | Central/back | ||
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Rounded | Unrounded | ||
Close | i | ʉ | ɨ |
Mid | e | ɵ | |
Open | æ | ɑ |
Vocabulary
No. | Ili Turki |
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1 | bir |
2 | ekki |
3 | ʉtʃ |
4 | trt |
5 | beʃ |
6 | altə |
7 | jetti |
8 | sekkiz |
9 | tɵqqʉz |
10 | ɵn |