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| Khoton | |
|---|---|
| Hoton | |
| Native to | Inner Mongolia (China),Mongolia |
| Ethnicity | Khotons |
| Extinct | 19th century[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | khot1252 |
Khoton is an extinct dialect of theUyghur language in theKarluk group ofTurkic languages.Khotons use theOirat dialect ofMongolic languages in daily life.[2]
Khoton is classified asUyghur by various researchers (Boris Vladimirtsov [fr],Alexander Samoylovich,Nikolay Baskakov),[3] anUzbek dialect byÁrmin Vámbéry,[4] aKyrgyz dialect byGrigory Potanin andSergey Malov.[5]
| English | Khoton | Turkish | |
|---|---|---|---|
| horse | атӑ (ată) | atặ | at |
| five | беші̆ (bešĭ) | beşi | beş |
| foot | бутў (butŭ) | butu | ayak |
| eye | гӧзӓ̆ (gözä̆),козъ (koz) | gözä | göz |
| mouth | о̄зӑ (ōză) | o:zặ | ağız |
| fire | отӑ (otă) | otặ | ateş od[1] |
| language | тілі̆ (tilĭ) | tili | dil |
| three | ӱчӱ (üčü) | üçü | üç |
^ 1: Archaic usage.
According toNikolay Baskakov, Khoton language hasq as inoçaq ('firepit') which hasOld Uyghur characteristics,teey ('camel') which has Kyrgyz characteristics as intöö;оoz ('mouth') which has Southern Altai characteristics andq:qol (‘arm’) from Turkmen.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)The western provinces of Mongolia [...] are inhabited by [...] Khoton [...] All these groups [...] speak [...] the Oirat language.
Karluk-Harezm Alt Grubu: Eskilerden Karluk-Harezm (Ahmed Yesevî, Divan-1 Hikmet vb.), Altın-Ordu (Doğu: Muhabbet-nâme vb.), Eski Özbek; yenilerden Özbek (Kıpçak diyalekderi hariç), Uygur (Salar ve Hoton dahil).
Ünlü seyyah G.N.Potanin Hotonlar için şunları demektedir: "Hotonların dili Kara-Kırgızların dili ile çok yakınlar.