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Southeastern Turkic

Karluk
Southeastern Turkic
Geographic
distribution
Central Asia
Linguistic classification Turkic
Early form
Subdivisions
  • Western Turki
  • Eastern Turki
Glottolog None
uygh1240  (Eastern Karluk (Uyghur))
uzbe1247  (Western Karluk (Uzbek))
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  Western Karluk     Eastern Karluk

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.




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