Uighur language
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139320
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85139320#concept
Variants
- Eastern Turki language
- Kashgar language
- Kashgar-Yarkend dialect
- Uigur language
- Uyghur language
- Wighor language
- Yarkand language
- Yarkend language
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
- Arabic language--Conversation and phrase books--Uighur
- Arabic language--Foreign words and phrases--Uighur
- Chinese language--Conversation and phrase books--Uighur
- Chinese language--Influence on Uighur
- English language--Conversation and phrase books--Uighur
- Japanese language--Foreign elements--Uighur
- Mongolian language--Cognate words--Uighur
- Persian language--Influence on Uighur
- Russian language--Conversation and phrase books--Uighur
- Turkish language--Conversation and phrase books--Uighur
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Narrower Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Kashgar language
- Kashgar-Yarkend dialect
- Uigur language
- Yarkand language
Sources
- found: Voegelin lang.: p. 339(Uighur)
- found: Ethnologue: p. 232(Uighur, Uyghuri, Wighor, Uighor)
- found: Britannica Micro.: v. X, p. 237-238(Uighur language, also New Uighur)
- found: Curr. trends. ling.: v. VI, p. 227(Uighur)
- found: Nazdip, E.N. Modern Uigur, 1971(Uigur)
- found: Jarring, G. Literary texts from Kashghar, 1980: p. 9(The province was generally called Eastern Turkistan in Western scientific literature and the language was called Eastern Turki instead of present day Uighur, or to be more precise New Uighur; Uighur also sp. Uyghur.)
- found: Aṣḥābu ʼl-kähf : a treatise in Eastern Turki, 1985(Eastern Turki is another name for Uighur)
LC Classification
- PL54.6-PL54.695
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Change Notes
- 2003-12-15: new
- 2004-02-06: revised
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