| Lop | |
|---|---|
| Ľor télé /Льор теълеъ | |
| Native to | China |
| Region | Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 25,000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | lopn1238 Lopnor |
| ELP | Lopnor Uighur |
Lop, also known asLopnor orLopnur is aTurkic dialect spoken in theLopnor region ofXinjiang, China. Lop speakers are officially classified as ethnic Uyghurs by the Chinese government.
Lop belongs to the Karluk branch of Turkic languages, along withUyghur andUzbek. Its status as a distinct language from Uyghur is disputed. Although it has some features that differentiate it fromstandard Uyghur, it is considered by some linguists to be one of itsdialects.[2]
| 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 | |||||||
| Front | Back | ||
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| unrounded | rounded | ||
| High | i | y | u |
| Mid | e | ø | o |
| Low | æ | a | |
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