Ili Turki language

Ili Turki
İlı turkeşi
Native to	China, Kazakhstan
Region	Xinjiang
Native speakers	unknown (120 in China cited 1980) 30 families in China (2007); moribund in Kazakhstan
Language family	Turkic Karluk Ili Turki
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ili
Glottolog	ilit1241

Ili Turki is a Turkic language spoken primarily in China. There were approximately 120 speakers of this language in 1982.

Classification

Ili Turki appears to belong to the Chagatay group of Turkic languages, although it exhibits a number of features that suggest a Kipchak substratum.

A comparison of Ili Turki's Chagatay and Kipchak features is shown below:

Kipchak & Chagatay features in Ili Turki

	Kazakh (Kipchak)	Ili Turki	Uzbek (Chagatay)	English
*G > w after low vowels	taw	taw	tɒɣ	mountain
Genitive assimilation	tyje+niŋ / et+tiŋ	tʉjæ+nin / et+tin	tʉjæ+niŋ / et+niŋ	of the camel / of the meat
*G > w > Ø after high vowels	sarɨ	sarɨq	sarɨq	yellow
Loss of geminate consonants	seɡiz	sekkiz	sækkiz	eight

Geographic distribution

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.

Sounds

Consonants

Consonants of Ili Turki

	Bilabial		Alveolar		Palatal		Velar		Uvular		Glottal
Nasal	m		n				ŋ
Plosive	p	b	t	d	tʃ	dʒ	k	ɡ	q
Fricative			s	z	ʃ				χ	ʁ	h
Tap			ɾ
Approximant			l		j		w

Vowels

Vowel Sounds of Ili Turki

	Front	non-Front
		Unrounded	Rounded
Close	i	ɨ	ʉ
Mid	e		ɵ
Open	æ	ɑ

See also

• Taranchi