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West Yugur

West Yugur is a Turkic language spoken in China, by about 4,600 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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West Yugur · 39.1°N 99.3°E

Western Yugur (Yoğır lar 'Yugur speech' or Yoğır śoz 'Yugur word'), also known as Neo-Uyghur or Neo-Uygur, is the Turkic language spoken by the Yugur people. It is contrasted with Eastern Yugur, a Mongolic language spoken within the same community. Traditionally, both languages are indicated by the term Yellow Uyghur or Yellow Uygur, from the endonym of the Yugur.

There are approximately 2,000 speakers of Western Yugur.

From Wikipedia · Western Yugur language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in West Yugur

MeaningWordRomanization
personkusu*
nameat*
eyekez*
earqhulaq*
noseqarq*
toothtus*
tonguetul*
handulux*
bloodqhan*
bonesumuk*
skinther*
kneetuz*
breastkihtur*
liverpaxur*
watersu
fireot*
sunkhun*
staryiltus*
stonetas*
mountainthax*
treejihaš
leaflawur*
nightthuni*
dogəʂt
fishyir*
lousepust*
onepur*
twousku*
Imen*
yousen*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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