Lop
Ľor télé / Льор теълеъ
Native toChina
RegionXinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
Native speakers
(undated figure of 25,000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologlopn1238  Lopnor
ELPLopnor Uighur

Lop, also known as Lopnor or Lopnur is a Turkic dialect spoken in the Lopnor region of Xinjiang, China. Lop speakers are officially classified as ethnic Uyghurs by the Chinese government.

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

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
Vowels:[4]
Front Back
unrounded rounded
High i y u
Mid e ø o
Low æ a

References

General
  • Abdurehim, Esmael (2014). The Lopnor Dialect of Uyghur: A Descriptive Analysis (PDF) (Doctoral thesis). Publications of the Institute for Asian and African Studies 17. Helsinki: Unigrafia. hdl:10138/136392. ISBN 978-951-51-0384-0.


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