Lop, also known as Lopnor or Lopnur is a Turkic dialect spoken in the Lopnor region of Xinjiang, China. Its speakers are included as part of the "Uyghur" nationality in the census.

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.[2]

Phonology

Lopnor Uyghur has the following consonants:[3]

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

Lopnor Uyghur has the following vowels:[4]

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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