Arghu (Khalaj) branch

E233993

The Arghu (Khalaj) branch is a highly divergent and archaic subgroup of the Turkic languages, best known for preserving many ancient phonological and grammatical features lost in other Turkic branches.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Arghu (Khalaj) branch canonical 1
Khalaj branch 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Turkic language branch
language subgroup
alternativeName Arghu branch
Khalaj branch
characteristic archaic subgroup of Turkic
highly divergent within Turkic
preserves ancient grammatical features
preserves ancient phonological features
retains features lost in other Turkic branches
classificationStatus highly divergent within Turkic comparative studies
distinctFrom Chuvash (Oghur) branch
linked to: Oghur Turkic

Karluk branch
Kipchak branch
linked to: Kipchak languages

Oghuz branch
Siberian Turkic branch
hasFeature grammatical archaisms compared to other Turkic languages
lexical archaisms compared to other Turkic languages
phonological archaisms compared to other Turkic languages
higherFamily Altaic (proposed)
linguisticFamily Turkic
memberLanguage Khalaj language
notableFor conservative morphology
conservative phonology
status minor branch of Turkic
subclassOf Turkic languages

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Turkic languages hasBranch Arghu (Khalaj) branch
Arghu (Khalaj) branch alternativeName Khalaj branch
linked to: Arghu (Khalaj) branch