Middle Turkic languages
| Middle Turkic | |
|---|---|
| Region | Central Asia |
| Era | c. 900–1500 CE |
Turkic
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xqa Karakhanid |
qjj Middle Turkish | |
xqa Karakhanid | |
| Glottolog | None |
Middle Turkic refers to a phase in the development of the
Seljuk Turks
.
Classification
Middle Turkic can be divided into eastern and western branches.
Eastern Middle Turkic consists of
Balasaghun and other cities along the Silk Road and its later descendants such as Khorezmian and Chagatai. [4]
The western branch consists of
Mamlukean Kipchak texts from Egypt and Syria, and Oghuz Turkic represented by Old Anatolian Turkish. Old Anatolian Turkish was noted to be initially influenced by Eastern Middle Turkic traditions.[4]
Karluk and Oghuz "Middle Turkic" period overlaps with the East Old Turkic period, which covers the 8th to 13th centuries, thus sometimes Karakhanid language is categorized under the "Old Turkic" period.[4]
Literary works
- Book of Wisdom (ديوان حكمت) (Dīvān-i Ḥikmet) by (in Karakhanid)
- Mahmud al-Kashgari's Divânü Lügati't-Türk (in Karakhanid and Arabic)
- Yusuf Balasaghuni's Kutadgu Bilig(in Karakhanid)
- Ahmad bin Mahmud Yukenaki (Ahmed bin Mahmud Yükneki) (Ahmet ibn Mahmut Yükneki) (Yazan Edib Ahmed b. Mahmud Yükneki) (w:tr:Edip Ahmet Yükneki) wrote the Hibet-ül hakayik (Hibet ül-hakayık) (Hibbetü'l-Hakaik) (Atebetüʼl-hakayik) (Hibat al-ḥaqāyiq) (هبة الحقايق) (w:tr:Atabetü'l-Hakayık)
- The works of Ali-Shir Nava'i (in Chagatai), including (titles in Arabic)
- Gharā’ib al-Ṣighār ("Wonders of Childhood")
- Nawādir al-Shabāb ("Witticisms of Youth")
- Badā’i‘ al-Wasaṭ ("Marvels of Middle Age")
- Fawā’id al-Kibār ("Advantages of Old Age")
- Muḥākamat al-Lughatayn ("Judgment between the Two Languages")
- The Mughal Emperor Babur's Baburnama (in Chagatai)
- The ‘Pagan’ Oɣuz-namä — date and place of composition is unknown.
See also
- Karluk languages
- Proto-Turkic
- Turkish literature
References
- ISBN 9780195057270.
- ISBN 978-1-4094-0003-5.
- ^ Bill Hickman, Gary Leiser, (2015), Turkish Language, Literature, and History. Travelers' Tales, Sultans, and Scholars Since the Eighth Century, p. 139
- ^ ISBN 978-1-136-82527-9.
- ^ Book of Wisdom. Lithographic Printing House of the Kazan Imperial University. 1904. p. 366 – via World Digital Library.
- ^ "Divan-i Khikmet". Kazakhstan National Commission For UNESCO - natcom.unesco.kz.
- Sinor, Dennis. "Old Turkic and Middle Turkic Languages." History of the Civilizations of Central Asia, vol. IV, 2 (2000), pp. 331–334.