Native to China, Kazakhstan ISO 639-3 ili | Region Xinjiang Glottolog ilit1241 | |
Native speakers (120 in China cited 1980)
30 families in China (2007); moribund in Kazakhstan Language family Turkic
Common Turkic
Karluk
Ili Turki | ||
Ili Turki is a Turkic language spoken primarily in China. There were approximately 120 speakers of this language in 1982.
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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.
A comparison of Ili Turki's Chagatay and Kipchak features is shown below:
Geographic distribution
Ili Turki is 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.
References
Ili Turki language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA