Lop, also known as Lopnor or Lopnur is a Turkic dialect spoken in the Lopnor region of

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

, China. Lop speakers are officially classified as ethnic Uyghurs by the Chinese government.

Classification

Lop belongs to the Karluk branch of Turkic languages, along with

Uyghur Uyghur may refer to: * Uyghurs, a Turkic ethnic group living in Eastern and Central Asia (West China) ** Uyghur language, a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Uyghurs *** Old Uyghur language, a different Turkic language spoken in the Uyghur K ...

and Uzbek. Its status as a distinct language from Uyghur is disputed. Although it has some features that differentiate it from standard Uyghur, it is considered by some linguists to be one of its

dialect A dialect is a Variety (linguistics), variety of language spoken by a particular group of people. This may include dominant and standard language, standardized varieties as well as Vernacular language, vernacular, unwritten, or non-standardize ...

Phonology

References

;General * Agglutinative languages Karluk languages Languages of China Endangered languages of China Endangered Turkic languages Uyghur language {{Turkic-lang-stub