Turkic
Let an agent explain the Turkic language family and its classification, relay branches, features and history from linguistic sources with attribution, describe the peoples and scripts, and distinguish Turkic from Turkish and from the debated Altaic hypothesis.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the Turkic language family and its classification, relay branches, features and history from linguistic sources with attribution, describe the peoples and scripts, and distinguish Turkic from Turkish and from the debated Altaic hypothesis.
A language family of at least 35 languages spoken by Turkic peoples across Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Anatolia through Central Asia to Siberia, including Turkish, Azerbaijani, Uzbek, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Turkmen, Uyghur, Tatar, Bashkir and Sakha, divided into the Oghur branch represented today by Chuvash and the Common Turkic branch with its Oghuz, Kipchak, Karluk and Siberian groups; the family is characterised by vowel harmony, agglutination and subject-object-verb order, and its relation to the Xiongnu, Tuoba and other ancient peoples is debated among historians and linguists.
What it is for: Not applicable; a language family.
It can be explain classification; relay features and history; describe peoples and scripts; distinguish from Turkish and Altaic.
Distinguishing features
Vowel harmony
Agglutination
SOV order
Oghur versus Common Turkic split
What it looks like
Not a visible object; languages and their scripts.
Physical character
languages: about 35 count - estimates
speakers: about 200 million - estimates
earliest inscriptions: 8th century period - Orkhon inscriptions
How it is recognised
Language family of Eurasia
Oghur or Western branch including Chuvash, Common Turkic including Oghuz, Kipchak, Karluk and Siberian groups
Turkish is one member; Mongolic and Tungusic are separate families; the Altaic grouping is disputed
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
includes - as its largest member
includes - in the Kipchak group
is debated within - a disputed hypothesis
In practice
Families and kinds
Oghur branch with Chuvash and historical Bulgar and Khazar
Oghuz group with Turkish, Azerbaijani and Turkmen
Kipchak group with Kazakh, Tatar, Bashkir and Kyrgyz
Karluk group with Uzbek and Uyghur
Siberian group with Sakha and Tuvan
Old Turkic and historical languages; debated links to Xiongnu and Tuoba
Identifiers
ISO 639-5 trk Turkic languages
Glottolog turk1311 Turkic
Standards and regulation
ISO 639 language codes
National language laws and script reforms in Turkic-speaking states
Common Turkic alphabet proposals
Failure modes and hazards
Confusing Turkic with Turkish
Presenting debated ancient affiliations as settled
Political framing of language classification
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What Turkic languages are.
Attribution.
Definition
Definition and classification.
Definition
Definition.
- What is the Turkic language family, and how is it divided into Oghur and Common Turkic branches, as linguists classify it? definition
- Is the question about the family, Turkish, a specific language or the Altaic hypothesis? boundary
Features
Features.
Features
Features.
- What are vowel harmony, agglutination and other shared features? definition
- Which entry fits the specific language? action
History History.
Attribution.
Origins
Origins and spread.
Origins
Origins.
- Where and when did Proto-Turkic emerge, and how did the languages spread, with hypotheses attributed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Ancient
Ancient peoples.
Ancient
Ancient.
- What is debated about the languages of the Xiongnu, Tuoba and other ancient peoples? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and cautious? boundary
Today Languages today.
Sources.
Languages
Languages and speakers.
Languages
Languages.
- Which Turkic languages are spoken today, where, and by how many people? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Scripts
Scripts.
Scripts
Scripts.
- How have Turkic languages been written in Old Turkic, Arabic, Latin and Cyrillic scripts, and what reforms are under way? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific script? action
Context Culture and debate.
Context.
Culture
Culture.
Culture
Culture.
- What literary and oral traditions do Turkic languages share? provenance
- Which entry fits Turkic peoples? action
Altaic
The Altaic debate.
Altaic
Altaic.
- What is the Altaic hypothesis, and why do most linguists reject or doubt it, with positions attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits Altaic languages? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should the branches be separate primary entries?
- How should linguistic sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming ancient peoples whose language affiliation is debated; should they be split off?