Also, is it true that Mustafa Kemal AtatΓΌrk gave the theory not only official backing, but monetary and public support? Maybe this delves more into a historical question, but if so, why?
I acknowledged that some linguists prefer to call the language family "Turko-Chuvash" instead of "Turkic" because Chuvash is really distant from the other languages in the family. What do you think? Should it be "Turko-Chuvash" (maybe Chuvash-Turkic) or "Turkic" languages?
In my opinion, naming does not actually matter, it's just a small detail. But I have to know more about Chuvash people's history and language to have a strict opinion on this topic. But I'd be okay with both names.
Especially to Chuvash people, do you consider yourself Turkic or related to Turkic (like a cousin)?
Read the discription***
The idea is that Turkic speakers can only speak other Turkic languages, only using words they know and you have to carry on a conversation just using that (you can chat whatever you want).
The goal is to talk for a longer time without a misunderstanding
In case you don't know enough words, you can invent/guess to make it more "similar".
Rules:
- You can't speak your mother language
- You can't use google translator or anything like that.
- You can't be disrespectful
- You can't speak a Turkic language that you already know
Ok, first of all I would like to apologize if this question is not convenient. I also apologize in advance because my knowledge regarding Central Asia is yet too shallow, even though I've been looking for some books lately. So, if I sound disrespectful in any way, please know that it was not my intention.
I've been into folk music from Central Asia for some years, but only now I was curious to actually understand some of the native languages. There is a song from Altai Kai that I love, named Kara Suu (ΠΠ°ΡΠ°-ΡΡΡ, I think). I know that it means black water, but it sounds so beautiful to me that I was wondering if that could be used as a female name (I do not plan to name a child based on that, it is only curiosity).
On YouTube I asked if Kara/Kara Suu could be a person's name (even if it's not usual) and a person answered me; he/she told me that OΔuz dialect was his/her native language and that, yes, it might be used as a female name, and that many people name their children nature elements, something common "in Turkey and other parts of Turkistan".
So, I would like to ask you if this is really common among Turkic people or if it doesn't make sense (or if it would actually sound stupid) naming people based on nature/the environment/animals etc.
Thank you in advance!
Happy new year r/Tiele
Yeni yΔ±lΔ±nΔ±z kutlu olsun!Β Β (Turkey)
Yeni yΔ±lΔ±nΔ±zΔ± kutlerim!Β (Gagauz)
Yeni iliniz mΓΌbarek olsun! / Teze iliniz mΓΌbarek!Β (Azerbaijan)
Teze yΔ±lΔ±nΔ±zΔ± gutlayaarΔ±n!Β (Turkmenistan)
Yengi iliviz/ iliyiz mubarak olsun!Β (Iraqi Turkmens)
Yangi yΔ±lΔ±ngΔ±z muborak bolsin!Β (Uzbekistan)
Yengi yΔ±lΔ±ngΔ±zΔa mΓΌbarek bolsun!Β (Uyghurs)
Jana jΔ±lΔ±nΔ±zdar kuttu bolsun!Β (Kyrgyzstan)
Jana jΔ±ldarΔ±nΔ±z kuttΔ± bolsΔ±n!Β (Kazakhstan)
Canga cΔ±lΔ±ngΔ±z kuttΔ± bolsΔ±n!Β (Karakalpaks)
Sezne yanga yΔ±l belen tebrik item!Β (Tatars)
YanΔ± Δ±lΔ±nΔ±z kaΔ±rlΔ± (mubarek) olsun!Β (Crimean Tatars)
Hezze yangΔ± yΔ±l menen kotlayΔ±m!Β (Bashkortostan)
CangngΔ± cΔ±lΔ±ΔΔ±znΔ± alΔΔ±Εlayma!Β (Karachays-Balkars)
Yana yΔ±lΔ±nΔ±z men!Β (Nogais)
YangΔ± yΔ±lΔ±gΔ±z kutlu bolsun!Β (Kumyks)
Sizni yanhΔ± yΔ±l bΔ±la kutleymΔ±n!Β (Karaims-Karaties)
Naa Γ§Δ±lnang alΔΔ±stapΓ§am Εirerni!Β (Khakas)
Caa Γ§Δ±l-bile bayΔ±r Γ§edirip or men!Β (Tuvan)
Slerdi cangΔ± cΔ±lla utkup turum!Β (Altai)
Naa Γ§Δ±l Γ§akΕΔ± polzun!Β (Shor)
Ehigini Εanga cΔ±lΔ±nan eΔerdeliibin!Β (Yakut/Sakha)
Sene sul yaçepe salamlatap! (Chuvash)
Let me know if there is a mistake, So I can edit guys. By the way, I don't know if there is anything missing. I can add if there is a Turkic language you want to say.
The first emperor of the Mughal Dynasty was Babur who spoke Chagatai Turkic. Since the Turkic languages spread very quickly to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, parts of Itan, Turkmenistan, and turkey, they all retained a lot of cohesion and mutual intelligibility.
So did the ottomans and the Mughals keep correspondence? What about other Turkic rulers of Afghanistan, like Ghazni, Ghouri, or Nader Shah (from Iran but Turkic linguistically)?
Looking at a linguistic map of Russia, a cluster of languages can be clearly spotted concentrated around Tatarstan, with Tatars, Bashkirs, Udmurts, Mari, Chuvash and Mordvins all living in close proximity surrounded by a sea of Russian speakers. My question isn't why they exist, as much as why/how they all managed to survive together in that specific area.
Like depending on the sound when it's spoken or in songs etc.
(It doesn't have to be a Turkic language from Central Asia)
