Ili Turki language

Ili Turki
Ili Turki
İlı turkeşi; И̇лı туркес̧и; ي̇لي تۋركەسي
Native to	Xinjiang, China; Kazakhstan
Ethnicity	Ili Turks
Native speakers	30 families in China (2007); moribund in Kazakhstan
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Karluk Ili Turki; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ili
Glottolog	ilit1241
ELP	Ili Turki
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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 Chagatay group of Turkic languages, although it exhibits a number of features that suggest a Kipchak substratum.^[3]^[4]

A comparison of Ili Turki's Chagatay and Kipchak features is shown below:

Kipchak & Chagatay features in Ili Turki
	Kazakh (Kipchak)	Ili Turki	Uzbek (Chagatay)	English
*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 Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture along the 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

Consonants of Ili Turki
	Bilabial		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Glottal
Nasal	m		n				ŋ
Plosive	p	b	t	d	tʃ	dʒ	k	ɡ	q
Fricative			s	z	ʃ				χ	ʁ	h
Tap			ɾ
Approximant			l		j		w

Vowels

Vowel Sounds of Ili Turki
	Front	Central/back
	Front	Rounded	Unrounded
Close	i	ʉ	ɨ
Mid	e	ɵ
Open	æ		ɑ

Vocabulary

No.	Ili Turki
1	bir
2	ekki
3	ʉtʃ
4	trt
5	beʃ
6	altə
7	jetti
8	sekkiz
9	tɵqqʉz
10	ɵn

References

^ Ili Turki at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Moseley, Christopher, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. London: Routledge.
^ Zhào, Xiāngrú; Hahn, Reinhard F. (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal. 33 (3/4): 261–285. JSTOR 41927706.
^ Hahn, Reinhard F. (1991). "An Annotated Sample of Ili Turki". Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 45 (1): 31–53. JSTOR 23658071.

External links

[e25-1] Ili Turki at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)

[2] Moseley, Christopher, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. London: Routledge.

[3] Zhào, Xiāngrú; Hahn, Reinhard F. (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal. 33 (3/4): 261–285. JSTOR 41927706.

[4] Hahn, Reinhard F. (1991). "An Annotated Sample of Ili Turki". Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 45 (1): 31–53. JSTOR 23658071.

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