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Turkic dialect of Xinjiang, China
Lop
Ľor télé / Льор теълеъ
Native toChina
RegionXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Native speakers
(undated figure of 25,000)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologlopn1238  Lopnor
ELPLopnor Uighur

Lop, also known as Lopnor/Lopnur is: a Turkic dialect spoken in the: Lopnor region of Xinjiang, 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 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 dialects.

Phonology

Consonants:
Labial Alveolar Palato-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive unvoiced p t k q
voiced b d g
Fricative unvoiced s ʃ ç x~χ h
voiced v z ʒ ʝ ɣ~ʁ
Approximant l j
Tap ɾ
Vowels:
Front Back
unrounded rounded
High i y u
Mid e ø o
Low æ a

References

  1. ^ Uighur at Ethnologue (12th ed., 1992).
  2. ^ Abdurehim (2014).
  3. ^ Abdurehim (2014), p. 28.
  4. ^ Abdurehim (2014), p. 45.
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