| Also Known As: Tuerke,T'urk,Ili Turki
Description:
Ili Turki is a language spoken primarily in China. It belongs to the Turkic family of languages. There were approximately 120 speakers of this language as of 1982.
Ili Turki appears to belong to the Chagatay group of Turkic languages, although it exhibits a number of features that suggest a Kypchak substratum.
A comparison of Ili Turki's Chagatay and Kipchak features is shown below:
Ili Turki is in China's Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture along the Ili River and its tributaries and in Yining. There may be some speakers in Kazakhstan. Ili Turki has no official status in either country...... full article at Wikipedia |
