Karluk | |
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Southeastern Turkic | |
Geographic distribution |
Central Asia |
Linguistic classification |
Turkic
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Early form
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Subdivisions |
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Glottolog |
None uygh1240 (Eastern Karluk (Uyghur)) uzbe1247 (Western Karluk (Uzbek)) |
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Western Karluk Eastern Karluk
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The Karluk (Qarluk) Turkic, Uyghuric Turkic or Southeastern Common Turkic languages, also referred to as the Karluk languages, are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family. Many Middle Turkic works were written in these languages. The language of the Kara-Khanid Khanate was known as Turki, Kashgari, or Khaqani. The language of the Chagatai Khanate was the Chagatai language. Karluk Turkic was spoken in the Kara-Khanid Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, Yarkent Khanate, and the Uzbek speaking Khanate of Bukhara, Emirate of Bukhara, Khanate of Khiva, and Kokand Khanate.