Lop dialect

Dialect of the Uyghur language From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lop, also known as Lopnor or Lopnur is a Turkic dialect spoken in the Lopnor region of Xinjiang, China. Lop speakers are officially classified as ethnic Uyghurs by the Chinese government.

NativetoChina
RegionXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Native speakers
(undated figure of 25,000)[1]
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Lop
Ľor télé / Льор теълеъ
Native toChina
RegionXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Native speakers
(undated figure of 25,000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologlopn1238  Lopnor
ELPLopnor Uighur
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Classification

Lop belongs to the Karluk branch of Turkic languages, along with Uyghur and Uzbek. Its status as a distinct language from Uyghur is disputed. Although it has some features that differentiate it from standard Uyghur, it is considered by some linguists to be one of its dialects.[2]

Phonology

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Consonants:[3]
Labial Alveolar Palato-
alveolar		 Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
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
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More information Front, Back ...
Vowels:[4]
Front Back
unrounded rounded
High i y u
Mid e ø o
Low æ a
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