Oghur Turkic

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Oghur Turkic is a distinctive branch of the Turkic language family, historically spoken by groups such as the Bulgars and Khazars and characterized by unique sound shifts that set it apart from Common Turkic languages.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Oghur Turkic canonical 2
Bulgar Turkic 1
Chuvash (Oghur) branch 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the Turkic languages
language subgroup
alternativeName Bulgar Turkic NERFINISHED
Lir Turkic NERFINISHED
characteristic distinctive sound shifts compared to Common Turkic
divergent phonology from Common Turkic
lexical differences from Common Turkic
r/l correspondences to Common Turkic z/š
classificationStatus well-recognized primary branch of Turkic
distinguishedBy different treatment of Proto-Turkic intervocalic consonants
z > r sound correspondence
š > l sound correspondence
distinguishedFrom Common Turkic NERFINISHED
hasDescendant Bulgar language NERFINISHED
Chuvash language NERFINISHED
Hunnic language (hypothetical/contested)
Khazar language NERFINISHED
Volga Bulgar language NERFINISHED
hasFeature early separation from other Turkic branches
limited direct textual attestation
influenced ethnonyms in Eastern Europe
toponymy in the Volga region
opposedTo Shaz Turkic (Common Turkic) in traditional dichotomy
partOf Altaic (controversial macro-family classification) NERFINISHED
protoLanguage Proto-Turkic NERFINISHED
region Eastern Europe
North Caucasus vicinity
Pontic–Caspian steppe NERFINISHED
Volga region NERFINISHED
relatedTo Chuvash people NERFINISHED
Volga Bulgars NERFINISHED
spokenBy Bulgars NERFINISHED
Khazars NERFINISHED
Onogurs NERFINISHED
Sabirs NERFINISHED
early Volga Bulgars
status mostly extinct as a separate branch except for Chuvash
studiedIn Turkology
historical linguistics
subclassOf Turkic languages NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1st millennium CE
early Middle Ages
writingSystem Cyrillic script (later Chuvash tradition)
Greek script (for some Bulgar inscriptions)
runiform scripts (poorly attested)

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Proto-Turkic descendedInto Oghur Turkic
Oghur languages alternativeName Oghur Turkic
this entity surface form: Bulgar Turkic
Arghu (Khalaj) branch distinctFrom Oghur Turkic
this entity surface form: Chuvash (Oghur) branch