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Afganistan’da yaşayan Türki uluslar ve dilleri
Turkic Nations Living in Afghanistan and their Languages

Author(s): Murat Akyüz, Bayram Toplu
Subject(s): Language studies, Cultural history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Sage Yayınları
Keywords: Afghanistan; Turkistan; Qataghan; Uzbeks; Kyrgyz; Turkmen; Kazakh;

Summary/Abstract: Afghanistan is a country that many different nations and ethnic groups have been living in since ancient times. Not only, Uzbeks, Kyrgyzs, Kazakhs, Turkmen who still speak in their mother tongue but also, Hazara, Aymak, Galci people who forgot their mother tongue and speak in Pashto and Dari live in this territory. This study reviews how these Turkic nations have influenced each other linguistically and culturally, how they have been influenced by other nations and what the reasons are. It is tried to explain by giving different approaches onto the these subjects. In this study, their populations and the districts where they live will be mentioned as well. And also it is focused on why some of these nations forgot their mother tongue. Furthermore, this study includes a short information about history of Afghanistan and Turks. Additionally, the lack of the studies about Turkic nations living in this territory and their languages will be mentioned here. In our work, the information about Turkic nations living in Afghanistan and their languages will be given.

  • Issue Year: 9/2017
  • Issue No: 34
  • Page Range: 200-206
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Turkish