Lop, also known as Lopnor or Lopnur is a Turkic dialect spoken in the Lopnor region of Xinjiang, China. Its speakers are included as part of the "Uyghur" nationality in the census.
Lop | |
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Ľor télé / Льор теълеъ | |
Native to | China |
Region | Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 25,000)[1] |
Language family | Turkic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | lopn1238 Lopnor |
ELP | Lopnor Uighur |
Lop belongs to the Karluk branch of Turkic languages, along with Uyghur and Uzbek. Its status as a distinct language from Uyghur is disputed. Although it has some features that differentiate it from standard Uyghur, it is considered by some linguists to be one of its dialects.[2]
Lopnor Uyghur has the following consonants:[3]
Labial | Alveolar | Palato- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||
Plosive | Unvoiced | p | t | k | q | |||
Voiced | b | d | g | |||||
Fricative | Unvoiced | s | ʃ | ç | x~χ | h | ||
Voiced | v | z | ʒ | ʝ | ɣ~ʁ | |||
Approximant | l | j | ||||||
Tap | ɾ |
Lopnor Uyghur has the following vowels:[4]
Front | Back | ||
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Unrounded | Rounded | ||
High | i | y | u |
Mid | e | ø | o |
Low | æ | a | |
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