The Turkic Languages examines the modern languages within this wide-ranging language family and gives an historical overview of their development.
Contents
The Turkic Languages (map) -- 1. The Speakers of Turkic Languages / Hendrik Boeschoten -- 2. The Turkic Peoples: A Historical Sketch / Peter B. Golden 3. -- The Structure of Turkic / Lars Johanson -- 4. The Reconstruction of Proto Turkic and the Genetic Question / Andras Rona Tas -- 5. The History of Turkic / Lars Johanson -- 6. Turkic Writing Systems / Andras Rona Tas -- 7. Old Turkic / Marcel Erdal -- 8. Middle Kipchak / Arpad Berta -- 9. Chaghatay / Hendrik Boeschoten and Marc Vandamme -- 10. Ottoman Turkish / Celia Kerslake -- 11. Turkish / Eva A. Csato and Lars Johanson -- 12. Turkish Dialects / Bernt Brendemoen -- 13. The Turkish Language Reform / Bernt Brendemoen -- 14. Azerbaijanian / Claus Schonig -- 15. Turkmen / Claus Schonig -- 16. Turkic Languages of Iran / Gerhard Doerfer -- 17. Tatar and Bashkir / Arpad Berta -- 18. West Kipchak Languages / Arpad Berta -- 19. Kazakh and Karakalpak / Mark Kirchner -- 20. Noghay / Eva A. Csato and Birsel Karakoc -- 21. Kirghiz / Mark Kirchner -- 22. Uzbek / Hendrik Boeschoten -- 23. Uyghur / Reinhard F. Hahn -- 24. Yellow Uyghur and Salar / Reinhard F. Hahn -- 25. South Siberian Turkic / Claus Schonig -- 26. Yakut / Marek Stachowski and Astrid Menz -- 27. Chuvash / Larry Clark.
