The Karluk or Qarluq languages are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family that developed from the varieties once spoken by Karluks.[1]
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Karluk | |
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Qarluq, Southeastern Turkic | |
Geographic distribution | Central Asia |
Linguistic classification | Turkic
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Glottolog | None uygh1240 (Eastern Karluk (Uyghur)) uzbe1247 (Western Karluk (Uzbek)) |
![]() Uzbek Uyghur Äynu Ili |
Many Middle Turkic works were written in these languages. The language of the Kara-Khanid Khanate was known as Turki, Ferghani, Kashgari or Khaqani. The language of the Chagatai Khanate was the Chagatai language.
Karluk Turkic was once spoken in the Kara-Khanid Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, Timurid Empire, Mughal Empire, Yarkent Khanate and the Uzbek-speaking Khanate of Bukhara, Emirate of Bukhara.
Proto-Turkic | Common Turkic | Karluk | Western | |
Eastern |
The number of speakers derived from statistics or estimates (2019) and were rounded:[3][full citation needed][4][full citation needed]
Number | Name | Status | Native speakers | Country | |
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1 | Uzbek | Normal | 30,000,000
3,400,000 3,000,000 |
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Central Asia |
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2 | Uyghur | Normal | 25,000,000 | ![]() |
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3 | Äynu | Critically endangered | 6,000 | ![]() |
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4 | Ili Turki | Severely endangered | 100 | ![]() |
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Total | Karluk languages | Normal | 62,400,000 |
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