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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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What Turkic languages are.
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.
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.
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.
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
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Information and virtual systems
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- INF
- Domain
- INF.MED
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Tuoba, Eastern Turkic, Xiongnu, Common Turkic languages, Oghuric, Western Turkic, Macro-Oghuz, Central Turkic, Karluk-Kipchak, Oghuz-Kipchak, Uyghur languages, Yenisei-Kipchak
What it is Filled
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.
Why it exists Filled
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.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Vowel harmony
- Agglutination
- SOV order
- Oghur versus Common Turkic split
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Treat Turkic languages as dialects of Turkish or as one language.
- Use the language family to make claims about ethnicity, race or political loyalty.
- Erase smaller or endangered Turkic languages from lists and tools.
Only with a human decision
- Choosing which script or standard to use for a language with contested orthography.
May
- Classify Turkic languages by branch, citing the classification used.
- Translate and transliterate between Turkic languages and scripts with a stated standard.
Moral aspects Filled
- Several Turkic languages are endangered or were suppressed, and their speakers deserve recognition.
- Pan-Turkic and nationalist politics use language claims, so accuracy matters.
Who is affected
- Speakers of Turkic languages
- Minority language communities
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns it; each language belongs to its speakers, with national language bodies setting standards.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q20162172 - registry parent class
related
- human language - in registry terms
- Turkish language - as its largest member
- Kazakh language - in the Kipchak group
- Altaic languages - a disputed hypothesis
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.turkic
- Wikidata: Q34090 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34090)
- ISO 639-5: trk Turkic languages
- Glottolog: turk1311 Turkic
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- languages: about 35 count - estimates
- speakers: about 200 million - estimates
- earliest inscriptions: 8th century period - Orkhon inscriptions
Plane INF: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- 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
- Not a visible object; languages and their scripts.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain classification
- relay features and history
- describe peoples and scripts
- distinguish from Turkish and Altaic
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Confusing Turkic with Turkish
- Presenting debated ancient affiliations as settled
- Political framing of language classification
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- ISO 639 language codes
- National language laws and script reforms in Turkic-speaking states
- Common Turkic alphabet proposals
Context of use required Filled
- Not applicable; a language family.
- 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
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q34090: Turkic - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Turkic languages - general description of the item
Open questions
- 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?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q34090/spec.json