"A Lexical approach to the Study of Turkic Languages and Shared Commonalties Shared by Turkish and Urdu
Syed Muzammiluddin
The Turkish Language is one of the most charming languages of the world. Apart from being National language of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, a host of languages forming Turkic linguistic family such as Azeri of Azerbaijan, Turkmen of Turkmenistan, Uzbek of Uzbekistan, Tajik of Tajikistan, Kyrgyz of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakh of Kazakhstan and Uighur of the Xingjian Uighur Autonomous Region of China share syntax and lexical composition similar to Turkish. Thus, according to an old saying, you can travel with a caravan through all the routes from Istanbul to the Great Wall of China while speaking just one language – Turkish. Even a distant language such as Urdu which is widely spoken in the South Asian Subcontinent has been tremendously influenced by Turkish. In our present article we attempt to briefly sum up the history of the Turkish language, classify the Turkic languages and examine the Turkish influence on a distant language such as Urdu. We will also try to highlight the need to explore the hitherto untouched areas of the two languages and the need to establish and fortify socio-cultural exchanges between these linguistic groups across the world."
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