The Turkic languages / edited by Lars Johanson and Éva Á. Csató.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents List of Maps and Figures List of Tables List of Contributors Preface and Acknowledgements The Turkic Languages (map) Notes on Transcription and Symbols List of Abbreviations of Grammatical Terms 1 The Speakers of Turkic Languages / Hendrik Boeschoten 2 The Turkic Peoples: A Historical Sketch / Peter B. Golden 3 The Structure of Turkic / Lars Johanson 4 The Reconstruction of Proto-Turkic and the Genetic Question / Andras Rona-Tas 5 The History of Turkic / Lars Johanson 6 Turkic Writing Systems / Andras Rona-Tas 7 Old Turkic / Marcel Erdal 8 Middle Kipchak / Arpad Berta 9 Chaghatay / Hendrik Boeschoten, Marc Vandamme 10 Ottoman Turkish / Celia Kerslake 11 Turkish / Eva A. Csato, Lars Johanson 12 Turkish Dialects / Bernt Brendemoen 13 The Turkish Language Reform / Bernt Brendemoen 14 Azerbaijanian / Claus Schonig 15 Turkmen / Claus Schonig 16 Turkic Languages of Iran / Gerhard Doerfer 17 Tatar and Bashkir / Arpad Berta 18 West Kipchak Languages / Arpad Berta 19 Kazakh and Karakalpak / Mark Kirchner 20 Noghay / Eva A. Csato, Birsel Karakoc 21 Kirghiz / Mark Kirchner 22 Uzbek / Hendrik Boeschoten 23 Uyghur / Reinhard F. Hahn 24 Yellow Uyghur and Salar / Reinhard F. Hahn 25 South Siberian Turkic / Claus Schonig 26 Yakut / Marek Stachowski, Astrid Menz 27 Chuvash / Larry Clark Appendix Index