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Oghur question
Topic Started: Apr 18 2014, 09:30:46 AM (313 Views)
Ebizur
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black man
Mar 25 2013, 08:07:03 PM
Btw, "Khazar language" is considered to belong to "Oghur languages" by wikipedia authors...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khazar_language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oghur_languages

I'm not sure whether I should move this topic. I don't have the time to check what they mean by "Oghur".
"Oghur" is a way of referring to the linguistic group represented at present only by the Chuvash people of European Russia. The Chuvashes are thought to descend from a mix of indigenous Finno-Ugric peoples and an early branch (or branches) of (proto-)Turkic speakers who had previously invaded the North Caucasus. I have no idea where their Turkic-speaking ancestors may have dwelt before they entered the vicinity of the North Caucasus.

"Oghur" is cognate with "Oghuz," a name for the major branch of Turkic peoples/dialects in Southwestern Asia (including e.g. Ottoman Turks). The "Oghur" languages, like Chuvash, are distinguished from the main body of Turkic languages by their having /r/ where other Turkic languages have /z/ and /l/ where other Turkic languages have /ʃ/ ("sh," "ş"). For this reason, the Oghur branch of Turkic is also called "lir Turkic" as opposed to "shaz Turkic."
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