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The Sogdian Sound-System and the Origins of the Uyghur Script

Volume: 57 Number: 57 December 28, 2017
  • Nicholas Sims-williams
  • Feryal Korkmaz
  • Berker Keskin
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The Sogdian Sound-System and the Origins of the Uyghur Script

Abstract

The eighteen letter Old Uyghur alphabet, which was derived from the Sogdian alphabet by the Old Uyghurs, was used for centuries by the Turkish nation and some neighbour nations in Central Asia. Many works are written in this alphabet. In this article, originally published in English in the 269th issue of Journal Asiatique (1981), Nicholas Sims-Williams provided information about the Sogdian alphabet, which is the basis of the Uyghur alphabet, and explained the differences between the Uyghur and Sogdian alphabets. The sounds represented by the letters are clarified in detail and some ideas are put forward as to the way in which the Uyghurs adapted the alphabet.

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References

  1. CLAUSON 1962 = Sir Gerard Clauson, Turkish and Mongolian studies, London, 1962.
  2. [ÇN. Bkz. Sir Gerard Clauson, Türkçe-Moğolca Çalışmaları, Çev. Fatma Kömürcü, TDK Yayınları, Ankara 2017]
  3. GMS = Ilya Gershevitch, A grammar of Manichean Sogdian, Oxford, 1954.
  4. HENNING 1939 = W. B. Henning, “Sogdian loan-words in New Persian”, BSOS, X, I, 1939, s. 93-106.
  5. HENNING 1958 = id., “Mitteliranisch”. Handbuch der Orientalistik (ed. B. Spuler), Abt. I, Bd. 4: Iranistik. Abschnitt 1: Linguistik, Leiden, 1958, s. 20-130.
  6. LIVSHITZ 1970 = V.A. Livshitz., “A Sogdian alphabet From Panjikant”, W.B. Henning memorial volume (ed. M. Boyce & I. Gershevitch), London, 1970, s. 256-63.
  7. MÜLLER-LENTZ 1934 = F. W. K Müller & W. Lentz, “Soghdische Texte II”. SPAW, 1934, s. 504-607.
  8. SIMS-WILLIAMS 1972 = Nicholas Sims-Williams, “A Sogdian ideogram’’, BSOAS, XXXV, 3, 1972 s. 614-15.

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English

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Authors

Nicholas Sims-williams This is me

Feryal Korkmaz This is me

Berker Keskin This is me

Publication Date

December 28, 2017

Submission Date

November 20, 2017

Acceptance Date

November 23, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 57 Number: 57

APA
Sims-williams, N., Korkmaz, F., & Keskin, B. (2017). The Sogdian Sound-System and the Origins of the Uyghur Script. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature, 57(57), 259-269. https://doi.org/10.26561/iutded.369178
AMA
1.Sims-williams N, Korkmaz F, Keskin B. The Sogdian Sound-System and the Origins of the Uyghur Script. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature. 2017;57(57):259-269. doi:10.26561/iutded.369178
Chicago
Sims-williams, Nicholas, Feryal Korkmaz, and Berker Keskin. 2017. “The Sogdian Sound-System and the Origins of the Uyghur Script”. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature 57 (57): 259-69. https://doi.org/10.26561/iutded.369178.
EndNote
Sims-williams N, Korkmaz F, Keskin B (December 1, 2017) The Sogdian Sound-System and the Origins of the Uyghur Script. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature 57 57 259–269.
IEEE
[1]N. Sims-williams, F. Korkmaz, and B. Keskin, “The Sogdian Sound-System and the Origins of the Uyghur Script”, Journal of Turkish Language and Literature, vol. 57, no. 57, pp. 259–269, Dec. 2017, doi: 10.26561/iutded.369178.
ISNAD
Sims-williams, Nicholas - Korkmaz, Feryal - Keskin, Berker. “The Sogdian Sound-System and the Origins of the Uyghur Script”. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature 57/57 (December 1, 2017): 259-269. https://doi.org/10.26561/iutded.369178.
JAMA
1.Sims-williams N, Korkmaz F, Keskin B. The Sogdian Sound-System and the Origins of the Uyghur Script. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature. 2017;57:259–269.
MLA
Sims-williams, Nicholas, et al. “The Sogdian Sound-System and the Origins of the Uyghur Script”. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature, vol. 57, no. 57, Dec. 2017, pp. 259-6, doi:10.26561/iutded.369178.
Vancouver
1.Nicholas Sims-williams, Feryal Korkmaz, Berker Keskin. The Sogdian Sound-System and the Origins of the Uyghur Script. Journal of Turkish Language and Literature. 2017 Dec. 1;57(57):259-6. doi:10.26561/iutded.369178