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Turki Language
Chagatai (چغتای, ''Čaġatāy''), also known as ''Turki'', Eastern Turkic, or Chagatai Turkic (''Čaġatāy türkīsi''), is an extinct Turkic languages, Turkic literary language that was once widely spoken across Central Asia and remained the shared literary language there until the early 20th century. It was used across a wide geographic area including parts of modern-day Uzbekistan, Xinjiang, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Literary Chagatai is the predecessor of the modern Karluk languages, Karluk branch of Turkic languages, which include Uzbek language, Uzbek and Uyghur language, Uyghur. Turkmen language, Turkmen, which is not within the Karluk branch but in the Oghuz languages, Oghuz branch of Turkic languages, had been heavily influenced by Chagatai for centuries. Ali-Shir Nava'i was the greatest representative of Chagatai literature. Chagatai literature is still studied in modern Uzbekistan, where the language is seen as the predecessor and the direct ancestor of mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Asia
Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the former Soviet Union, Soviet republics of the Soviet Union, republics of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, which are colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as the countries all have names ending with the Persian language, Persian suffix "-stan", meaning "land of". The current geographical location of Central Asia was formerly part of the historic region of Turkestan, Turkistan, also known as Turan. In the pre-Islamic and early Islamic eras ( and earlier) Central Asia was inhabited predominantly by Iranian peoples, populated by Eastern Iranian languages, Eastern Iranian-speaking Bactrians, Sogdians, Khwarezmian language, Chorasmians and the semi-nomadic Scythians and Dahae. After expansion by Turkic peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chagatai In Nastaliq
Chagatai may refer to: * Chagatai Khan, the second son of Genghis Khan ** Chagatai Khanate, an area of the Mongol Empire initially ruled by Chagatai Khan ** Chagatai Khans, leaders of the Chagatai khanate from 1227 to 1687, see List of Chagatai Khans * Chagatai language, an extinct Turkic language once widely spoken in central Asia * Chagatai people, also known as Chagatai Tajiks. The origin of the people is unknown, though the name is from Chagatai Khan * Chughtai, a family name in Asia and the Middle East See also * Chagatai Turks (other) * Çağatay, a Turkish name * Joghatai, a municipality in Razavi Khorasan, Iran * Jaghatu (other) Jaghatu may refer to: * Jaghatu (Hazara tribe), an ethnic group in Afghanistan * Jaghatu District, Ghazni, Afghanistan * Jaghatu District, Maidan Wardak, Afghanistan * Jaghatu river, or Zarrineh River, a river in Iran {{disambiguation, geo ..., Afghanistan. {{disambig Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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