Karluk languages

The Karluk or Qarluq languages are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family that developed from the varieties once spoken by Karluks.

Karluk
Qarluq, Southeastern Turkic, Turkestan Turkic
Geographic
distribution		Central Asia
Linguistic classificationTurkic
Early forms
Subdivisions
  • Western Karluk (Uzbek)
  • Eastern Karluk
Glottologuygh1241
  Uzbek     Uyghur     Ili

Many Middle Turkic works were written in these languages. The language of the Kara-Khanid Khanate was known as Turki, Ferghani, Kashgari or Khaqani. The language of the Chagatai Khanate was the Chagatai language.

Karluk Turkic was once spoken in the Kara-Khanid Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, Timurid Empire, Mughal Empire, Yarkent Khanate and the Uzbek-speaking Khanate of Bukhara, Emirate of Bukhara, Kokand Khanate, Khiva Khanate, Maimana Khanate.

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