This article is about a major branch of the Turkic languages. For other uses, see Oghuz.
Not to be confused with Oghuric languages.
Oghuz
Southwestern Turkic
Ethnicity
Oghuz Turks
Geographic distribution
Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Europe
Linguistic classification
Turkic
Common Turkic
Oghuz
Subdivisions
† Old Anatolian Turkish
† Ottoman Turkish
† Pecheneg
† Ajem-Turkic
Rumelian
Gagauz
Turkish
Azerbaijani
Turkmen
Khorezmian Turkic
Qashqai
Chaharmahali
Khorasani
Salar
Glottolog
oghu1243(Oghuz)
Turkish Gagauz Azerbaijani Qashqai Chaharmahali Turkmen Khorasani Salar
The Oghuz languages are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family, spoken by approximately 108 million people. The three languages with the largest number of speakers are Turkish, Azerbaijani and Turkmen, which, combined, account for more than 95% of speakers of this sub-branch.
Kara-Khanid scholar Mahmud al-Kashgari, who lived in the 11th century, stated that the Oghuz language was the simplest among all Turkic languages.[1]
Swedish turcologist and linguist Lars Johanson notes that Oghuz languages form a clearly discernible and closely related bloc within the Turkic language family as the cultural and political history of the speakers of Oghuz languages has linked them more closely up to the modern age. Western Oghuz languages are highly mutually intelligible with each other and the Crimean Tatar language, which, though genetically Kipchak Turkic rather than Oghuz, has been heavily influenced by Turkish over several centuries.[2]
^D. T. Potts, (2014), Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era, p. 177
^"Language Materials Project: Turkish". UCLA International Institute, Center for World Languages. February 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-04-26.
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