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== Extinct Turkic languages ==
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The Turkic languages are a group of languages spoken across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Siberia. Turkic languages are spoken as native languages by some 170 million people.

Turkic languages by subfamily

The number of speakers derived from statistics or estimates (2019) and were rounded:[1] [2]

Relative numbers of speakers of Turkic languages (2007)
Number Branch Languages Status Native Speakers Majority Main Writing System
1 Oghuz languages 8 Normal 108,000,000  Turkey Latin
2 Karluk languages 4 Normal 38,000,000  Uzbekistan Latin
3 Kipchak languages 12 Normal 31,300,000  Kazakhstan Latin
4 Siberian Turkic languages 9 Vulnerable 800,000  Russia Cyrillic
5 Arghu Turkic language 1 Vulnerable 20,000  Iran Perso-Arabic
6 Oghur languages 1 Vulnerable 1,200,000  Russia Cyrillic
Total Turkic languages 35 Normal 179,000,000  Turkey Latin

Turkic languages by native speakers

The Turkic languages are a language family of at least 35 [3] documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples. The number of speakers derived from statistics or estimates (2019) and were rounded:[4] [5]

Number Name Branch Status Native Speakers Main Country Main Writing System
1 Turkish language Oghuz languages Normal 76,000,000  Turkey Latin
2 Uzbek language Karluk languages Normal 27,000,000  Uzbekistan Latin
3 Azerbaijani language Oghuz languages Normal 23,000,000  Azerbaijan Latin
4 Kazakh language Kipchak languages Normal 14,000,000  Kazakhstan Latin
5 Uyghur language Karluk languages Normal 11,000,000  China Perso-Arabic
6 Turkmen language Oghuz languages Normal 7,000,000  Turkmenistan Latin
7 Tatar language Kipchak languages Normal 5,500,000  Russia Cyrillic
8 Kyrgyz language Kipchak languages Normal 5,000,000  Kyrgyzstan Cyrillic
9 Bashkir language Kipchak languages Vulnerable 1,500,000  Russia Cyrillic
10 Chuvash language Oghur languages Vulnerable 1,200,000  Russia Cyrillic
11 Qashqai language Oghuz languages Normal 1,000,000  Iran Perso-Arabic
12 Khorasani Turkic language Oghuz languages Vulnerable 1,000,000  Iran Perso-Arabic
13 Karakalpak language Kipchak languages Normal 650,000  Uzbekistan Latin
14 Crimean Tatar language Kipchak languages Severely endangered 600,000  Ukraine Latin
15 Kumyk language Kipchak languages Vulnerable 450,000  Russia Cyrillic
16 Karachay-Balkar language Kipchak languages Vulnerable 400,000  Russia Cyrillic
17 Yakut language Siberian Turkic languages Vulnerable 400,000  Russia Cyrillic
18 Tuvan language Siberian Turkic languages Vulnerable 300,000  Russia Cyrillic
19 Urum language Oghuz languages Definitely endangered 200,000  Ukraine Cyrillic
20 Gagauz language Oghuz languages Critically endangered 150,000  Moldova Latin
21 Siberian Tatar language Kipchak languages Definitely endangered 100,000  Russia Cyrillic
22 Nogai language Kipchak languages Definitely endangered 100,000  Russia Cyrillic
23 Salar language Oghuz languages Vulnerable 70,000  China Latin
24 Altai language Siberian Turkic languages Severely endangered 60,000  Russia Cyrillic
25 Khakas language Siberian Turkic languages Definitely endangered 50,000  Russia Cyrillic
26 Khalaj language Arghu Turkic language Vulnerable 20,000  Iran Perso-Arabic
27 Äynu language Karluk languages Critically endangered 6,000  China Perso-Arabic
28 Western Yugur language Siberian Turkic languages Severely endangered 5,000  China Latin
29 Shor language Siberian Turkic languages Severely endangered 3,000  Russia Cyrillic
30 Dolgan language Siberian Turkic languages Definitely endangered 1,000  Russia Cyrillic
31 Krymchak language Kipchak languages Critically endangered 200  Israel Hebrew
32 Ili Turki language Karluk languages Severely endangered 100  China Cyrillic
33 Tofa language Siberian Turkic languages Critically endangered 100  Russia Cyrillic
34 Karaim language Kipchak languages Critically endangered 100  Ukraine Cyrillic
35 Chulym language Siberian Turkic languages Critically endangered 50  Russia Cyrillic
Total Turkic languages Common Turkic languages Normal 179,000,000  Turkey Latin

Endangered Turkic languages

An endangered language, or moribund language, is a language that is at risk of falling out of use as its speakers die out or shift to speaking another language. Language loss occurs when the language has no more native speakers and becomes a "dead language".

25 endangered Turkic languages exist in World. The number of speakers derived from statistics or estimates (2019) and were rounded:[6] [7]

Number Name Status Speakers Main Country
1 Bashkir language Vulnerable 1,500,000  Russia
2 Chuvash language Vulnerable 1,200,000  Russia
3 Khorasani Turkic language Vulnerable 1,000,000  Iran
4 Crimean Tatar language Severely endangered 600,000  Ukraine
5 Kumyk language Vulnerable 450,000  Russia
6 Yakut language Vulnerable 400,000  Russia
7 Karachay-Balkar language Vulnerable 400,000  Russia
8 Tuvan language Vulnerable 300,000  Russia
9 Urum language Definitely endangered 200,000  Ukraine
10 Gagauz language Critically endangered 150,000  Moldova
11 Siberian Tatar language Definitely endangered 100,000  Russia
12 Nogai language Definitely endangered 100,000  Russia
13 Salar language Vulnerable 70,000  China
14 Altai language Severely endangered 60,000  Russia
15 Khakas language Definitely endangered 50,000  Russia
16 Khalaj language Vulnerable 20,000  Iran
17 Äynu language Critically endangered 6,000  China
18 Western Yugur language Severely endangered 5,000  China
19 Shor language Severely endangered 3,000  Russia
20 Dolgan language Definitely endangered 1,000  Russia
21 Krymchak language Critically endangered 200  Israel
22 Tofa language Critically endangered 100  Russia
23 Karaim language Critically endangered 100  Ukraine
24 Ili Turki language Severely endangered 100  China
25 Chulym language Critically endangered 50  Russia

Extinct Turkic languages

Number Name Time of Extinct
- Proto Turkic Reconstructed language
1 Old Turkic 8th century
2 Old Anatolian Turkish 11th century
3 Pecheneg 12th century
4 Orkhon Turkic 13th century
5 Khazar 13th century
6 Old Uyghur 14th century
7 Khorezmian 14th century
8 Bulgar 14th century
9 Middle Turkic 15th century
10 Kipchak 17th century
11 Cuman 1770
12 Old Tatar 19th century
13 Fergana Kipchak 1920s
14 Chagatai 1921
15 Ottoman Turkish 1928
16 Fuyu Girgis 20th century
17 Dukhan 21st century
18 Salchuq 2013

Famous Turkic Dialects

Number Dialect Main Language
1 Rumelian dialect Turkish language
2 Cypriot dialect Turkish language
3 Afshar dialect Azerbaijani language
4 Sonqori dialect Azerbaijani language
5 Lop dialect Uyghur language
6 Baraba dialect Siberian Tatar language

Hypothetical ancestors

Hypothetical relation to other language families and their proto-languages

Ancestral

Geographical distribution of the Turkic languages. Dark Blue: Northeastern Common Turkic (Siberian Turkic languages); Green: Southeastern Common Turkic (Karluk languages); Orange: Northwestern Common Turkic (Kipchak languages); Red: Southwestern Common Turkic (Oghuz languages); Purple: Oghur languages
Karluk languages. Green: East Karluk; Red: West Karluk
Orange: South Kipchak (Aralo-Caspian); Red: North Kipchak (Uralo-Caspian); Green: West Kipchak (Ponto-Caspian)
Orange: East Oghuz; Green; Azerbaijani; Red: Turkish; Purple: Gagauz; Light Blue: Qashqai; Greenish Blue: Salar

Possible Turkic languages (all extinct)

Unclassified languages that may have been Turkic or members of other language families

  • Hunnic / Xiongnu (?)
    • Hunnic / Hunnish - the language or languages of the Huns (there are several hypothesis about their language)
    • Xiongnu - the language or languages of the Xiongnu (may be the same as the Hunnic language, a closely related one or not related at all) (there are several hypothesis about their language)
  • Keraite - the language or languages of the Keraites (in today's Central Mongolia) (Mongolized after Temüjin, called Chinggis Khan, conquest in the 13th century) (Qarai Turks, the Kerey Kazakh group of the middle zhuz Argyns, the Kireis, a group of the Kyrgyz and many Torghut may descend from them) (there are several hypothesis about their language)
  • Old Naiman - the language or languages of the old Naimans (in today's Western and Southwestern Mongolia) (Mongolized after Temüjin, called Chinggis Khan, conquest in the 13th century) (Naiman, however, is the Mongol name for the numeral eight) (there are several hypothesis about their language)
  • Pannonian Avar - the language or languages of the Pannonian Avars (there are several hypothesis about their language)

Possible Mixed Turkic-Iranian language

See also

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