Uyghur language (historically)

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Turkic language historical language

The historical Uyghur language refers to earlier Turkic varieties used by the Uyghur people, which were written in scripts such as Perso-Arabic and played a key role in the literary and cultural history of Central Asia.

Aliases (3)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Turkic language → historical language →
associatedReligion	Buddhism → Islam → Manichaeism →
associatedWith	Chagatai Khanate → Kara-Khanid Khanate → Uyghur Khaganate →
closelyRelatedTo	Chagatai language → Karluk Turkic languages →
containsLoanwordsFrom	Arabic → Chinese → Persian →
culturalRole	major literary language of Central Asia → vehicle of Islamic learning among Uyghurs →
hasFeature	SOV word order → agglutinative morphology → vowel harmony →
hasInfluenceOn	Central Asian Turkic literary traditions → Modern Uyghur language →
influencedBy	Arabic language → Islamic culture → Persian language →
languageFamily	Turkic languages →
region	Central Asia → Tarim Basin → Xinjiang →
scriptAdaptationFrom	Arabic script → Sogdian script →
spokenBy	Uyghur people →
standardizedIn	manuscript traditions →
subfamily	Karluk branch →
timePeriod	early modern period → medieval period →
usedBy	Muslim scholars in Central Asia → Uyghur literati →
usedFor	interethnic communication in Central Asia →
usedIn	administration → court documents → historiography → literature → poetry → religious texts → trade records →
writingSystem	Chagatai script → Old Uyghur script → Perso-Arabic script → Uyghur Arabic alphabet →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Google Translate ("Uyghur") →	availableLanguage
Uyghurs ("Uyghur language") →	ethnonymLanguage
Uyghur language (historically) ("Modern Uyghur language") →	hasInfluenceOn
Islamic world ("Uyghur") →	hasLanguage
Uyghurs ("Uyghur language") →	primaryLanguage
Perso-Arabic script →	usedFor