Volga Türki

Volga Turki
Volga Turki
ترکی; ايسكى تاتار تلى; türki • iske tatar tele
Region	Ural region, Volga region, West Siberia
Ethnicity	Bashkirs, Tatars
Era	used from Middle Ages until the early 20th century; developed into Bashkir and Tatar
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Kipchak Ural-Kipchak Volga Turki; ; ; ;
Early form	Bashkir, Tatar
Writing system	Chagatai
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–

The Volga Turki (ترکی, Türki), also known as Old Tatar Language (ايسكى تاتار تلى, İske tatar tele, Иске татар теле^[1]) was a literary language used by some ethnic groups of the Idel-Ural region (Bashkirs and Tatars) from the Middle Ages until the early 20th century.

Volga Turki is a member of the Kipchak (or Northwestern) group of Turkic languages. The first poem, considered to be written by Qul Ghali in Volga Turki dates back to the period of Volga Bulgaria and ancient Badzhgard. It included many Persian and Arabic loans.

In its written form, the language was spelled uniformly among different ethnic groups, speaking different Turkic languages of the Kipchak sub-group. The pronunciation differed from one people to another, approximating to the spoken language, making the written form universal for different languages.

The language formerly used the Arabic script and its later updated alphabets of İske imlâ and Yaña imlâ. Volga Turki language was a language of Idel-Ural poetry and literature. With the Ottoman Turkish, Azeri, Cuman,^[2] Khaqani Turkic^[3] and Chagatai, they were the only Turkic literary languages used in the Middle Ages. It was actively used in publishing until 1905, when the first Bashkir and Tatar newspapers begun to be published in modern Bashkir and Tatar languages.

Alphabet

	Name	Isolated	Final	Medial	Initial	Modern Cyrillic Bashkir alphabet	Modern Latin Bashkir alphabet	IPA	Notes
1	әлеп (әлиф) мәддә əlip (əlif) məddə	آ‎	ـا‎		آ‎	а	a	ɑ
2	әлеп (әлиф) əlip (əlif)	ا‎	–‎		ا‎	ә, э, ы, и	ə, i, ı, e	æ, ɪ̆, ɤ̆, e
3	бей biy	ب‎	ـب‎	ـبـ‎	بـ‎	б	b	b
4	пей piy	پ‎	ـپ‎	ـپـ‎	پـ‎	п	p	p
5	тей tiy	ت‎	ـت‎	ـتـ‎	تـ‎	т	t	t	Before front towels
6	сей siy	ث‎	ـث‎	ـثـ‎	ثـ‎	с, ҫ	s, ś	s, θ	Only in borrowings from Arabic, and in Bashkir words in 19th century modification
7	жем jim	ج‎	ـج‎	ـجـ‎	جـ‎	ж, й	j, y	ʒ, j
8	сем sim	چ‎	ـچ‎	ـچـ‎	چـ‎	ш, с	ş, s	ɕ, s
9	хей xiy	ح‎	ـح‎	ـحـ‎	حـ‎	х	x	χ	Only in borrowings from Arabic
10	хый xıy	خ‎	ـخ‎	ـخـ‎	خـ‎	х	x	χ
11	дал dal	د‎	ـد‎		د‎	д	d	d
12	зал zal	ذ‎	ـذ‎		ذ‎	з, ҙ	z, ź	z, ð	Only in Arabic loanwords, and in Bashkir words in 19th century modification
13	рей riy	ر‎	ـر‎		ر‎	р	r	ɾ
14	зей ziy	ز‎	ـز‎		ز‎	з	z	z
15	жей jiy	ژ‎	ـژ‎		ژ‎	ж	j	ʒ	Only in Persian, French and Russian borrowings
16	сен sin	س‎	ـس‎	ـسـ‎	سـ‎	с, ҫ	s, ś	s, θ	Before front vowels
17	шен şin	ش‎	ـش‎	ـشـ‎	شـ‎	ш	ş	ʃ
18	сад sad	ص‎	ـص‎	ـصـ‎	صـ‎	с, ҫ	s, θ	s	Before back vowels
19	дад, зад dad, zad	ض‎	ـض‎	ـضـ‎	ضـ‎	д, з	d, z	d, z	Only in borrowings from Arabic
20	та ta	ط‎	ـط‎	ـطـ‎	طـ‎	т	t	t	Before back vowels
21	за za	ظ‎	ـظ‎	ـظـ‎	ظـ‎	з, ҙ	z, ð	z, ð	Only in borrowings from Arabic
22	ғәйн ğəyn	ع‎	ـع‎	ـعـ‎	عـ‎	ғ	ğ	ʁ	Only in borrowings from Arabic
23	ғайн ğayn	غ‎	ـغ‎	ـغـ‎	غـ‎	ғ	ğ	ʁ
24	фей fiy	ف‎	ـف‎	ـفـ‎	فـ‎	ф	f	ɸ
25	ҡаф qaf	ق‎	ـق‎	ـقـ‎	قـ‎	ҡ	q	q
26	каф kaf	ك/ ک‎	ـك/ ـک‎	ـكـ‎	كـ‎	к	k	k
27	гаф gaf	گ‎	ـگ‎	ـگـ‎	گـ‎	г	g	g
28	һаңғырау каф hañğıraw kaf	ڭ/ نک‎	ـڭ/ ـنک‎	ـڭـ/ ـنکـ‎	—	ң	ñ	ŋ	Initial form was never used due to phonetic reasons
29	ләм ləm	ل‎	ـل‎	ـلـ‎	لـ‎	л	l	l
30	мим mim	م‎	ـم‎	ـمـ‎	مـ‎	м	m	m
31	нон nun	ن‎	ـن‎	ـنـ‎	نـ‎	н	n	n
32	һей hiy	ه‎	ـه/ ـہ‎	ـهـ/ ـہـ‎	هـ‎	һ, ә	h, æ	h, æ
33	вау waw	و‎	ـو‎		و‎	в, у, о, ө, ү	w, o, u, ü, ö	w/o, ʊ̆/ʏ̆, ɵ, u	Alternative Cyrillic transcription: ў, у, о
34	вей viy	ۋ‎	ـۋ‎		ۋ‎	в	v	β	Only in borrowings from European languages
35	ей yiy	ی‎	ـی/ ـے‎	ـیـ‎	یـ‎	й, и, э, ы	y, e, i, ı	j, e, ɪ̆, ɤ̆

References

^ "Old Tatar language". lisan.tatar (in Tatar).
^ "Memorials – written monuments of Turkic languages". unesco.kz. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
^ Outstanding examples of the Uighur Middle Age literature are Yusuf Balasaghuni Qutatqu Bilik (Wisdom Of Royal Glory) (1069–70) and Mahmut Kashgari Divan-i Lugat-it Türk (Dictionary of Turkic Dialects) (1072)

Bibliography

"Eski Başqurt Əzəbiy Tili/Иҫке башҡорт әҙәби теле". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.

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