Northern Turkic

[this article is preliminary and needs to be corrected; it serves primarily illustrative purposes]

Northern Turkic is a family of languages.

Name

An alternative name is

• Eastern Hunnic

Composition

• Tuva
• Tofa
• Yellow Uighur
• Salar
• Yakut
• Khakas
• Shor
• Chulym Tatar
• Kirgiz
• Altay

Validity

The evidence for a Northern Turkic grouping is summarized by Serebrennikov & Gadzieva (1986:77-121).

Alternative compositions

There is no universal agreement on the position of Kirgiz, Yellow Uighur and Salar. Kirgiz is also placed in the Aralo-Caspian group of Western Turkic. Yellow Uighur is also placed in Eastern Turkic. Salar is also placed in Southern Turkic.

Classification

• Altaic
  • Turkic

Alternative classification

• Northeastern Turkic