Khorezmian Turkic
Extinct Karluk Turkic language
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Khorezmian Turkic or Khwārazm Turkish (called Türki by its early user Nāṣir al-Dīn ibn Burhān al-Dīn Rabghūzī)[2] was a literary Turkic language[3] of the medieval Golden Horde of Central Asia and Eastern Europe in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries CE.
developed into Chagatai
| Khorezmian Turkic | |
|---|---|
| Early Chagatai | |
| Türki | |
| |
| Region | Golden Horde, Khwarazm |
| Era | 13th–14th century developed into Chagatai |
Early form | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | zkh |
zkh | |
| Glottolog | None |
The Khwārazm region was devoid of Turkic commonality until the 11th century, when several conquests took place. In 13th century, with progressive Turkic settlements, the place became a Turkish dominated territory.[4]
Relationship to other languages
Khorezmian Turkic is generally thought to have emerged from the Karakhanid language and to have transitioned into the Chagatai language, which would remain an important language of Central Asia until the twentieth century. Khorezmian was based on Old Turkic further to the east, though incorporating local Oghuz and Kipchak words.[2]
Texts in Khorezmian
- Gülistan bit-Türki[5]
- Qiṣaṣ-i Rabghūzī[6]
- Nahjatü l-Farādīs[6]
