Khoton language

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Khoton is an extinct dialect of the Uyghur language in the Karluk group of Turkic languages. Khotons use the Oirat dialect of Mongolic languages in daily life.[2]

Khoton is classified as Uyghur by various researchers (Boris Vladimirtsov, Alexander Samoylovich, Nikolay Baskakov),[3] an Uzbek dialect by Ármin Vámbéry,[4] a Kyrgyz dialect by Grigory Potanin and Sergey Malov.[5]

Sample words[6][7]
EnglishKhotonTurkish
horseатӑ (ată)atặat
fiveбеші̆ (bešĭ)beşibeş
footбутў (butŭ)butuayak
eyeгӧзӓ̆ (gözä̆), козъ (koz)gözägöz
mouthо̄зӑ (ōză)o:zặağız
fireотӑ (otă)otặateş
od[1]
languageтілі̆ (tilĭ)tilidil
threeӱчӱ (üčü)üçüüç

^ 1: Archaic usage.

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