Langenesis

Turkic family

Khalaj

c. 1000 CE – today Living

Khalaj (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Turkic language. Lineage: Proto-Turkic → Khalaj.

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Speakers
40K (40,000)
ISO 639-3
klj

Arghu Turkic language of central Iran, retaining archaic features (e.g. initial h-). Thought to have split from Common Turkic very early.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Turkicc. 200 BCE – 500 CE
  2. Khalajc. 1000 CE – today

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-Turkic.

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