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

Year 2017, Volume: 57 Issue: 57, 259 - 269, 28.12.2017

Nicholas Sims-williams Feryal Korkmaz Berker Keskin

https://doi.org/10.26561/iutded.369178

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.

Keywords

Sims-Williams Sogd sound-system Old Uyghur alphabet alphabet sound-system

References

  • CLAUSON 1962 = Sir Gerard Clauson, Turkish and Mongolian studies, London, 1962.
  • [ÇN. Bkz. Sir Gerard Clauson, Türkçe-Moğolca Çalışmaları, Çev. Fatma Kömürcü, TDK Yayınları, Ankara 2017]
  • GMS = Ilya Gershevitch, A grammar of Manichean Sogdian, Oxford, 1954.
  • HENNING 1939 = W. B. Henning, “Sogdian loan-words in New Persian”, BSOS, X, I, 1939, s. 93-106.
  • HENNING 1958 = id., “Mitteliranisch”. Handbuch der Orientalistik (ed. B. Spuler), Abt. I, Bd. 4: Iranistik. Abschnitt 1: Linguistik, Leiden, 1958, s. 20-130.
  • 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.
  • MÜLLER-LENTZ 1934 = F. W. K Müller & W. Lentz, “Soghdische Texte II”. SPAW, 1934, s. 504-607.
  • SIMS-WILLIAMS 1972 = Nicholas Sims-Williams, “A Sogdian ideogram’’, BSOAS, XXXV, 3, 1972 s. 614-15.
  • SIMS-WILLIAMS 1975 = id., “Notes on Sogdian palaeography”. BSOAS, XXXVIII, 1, 1975, s. 132-9.
  • SIMS-WILLIAMS 1978 = id., Review of D. N. MacKenzie, The Buddhist Sogdian texts of the British Library, IIJ, XX, 3-4, 1978, s. 256-60.
  • SIMS-WILLIAMS çıkacak olan = id., “Remarks on the Sogdian letters γ and x (with special reference to the orthography of the Sogdian version of the Manichean church-history)”, W. Sundermann, Mitteliranische manichäische Texte kirchengeschichtlichen Inhalts adlı çalışmada bölüm olarak yayımlanacaktır.
  • [ÇN. Bkz. W. Sundermann, Mitteliranische manichäische Texte kirchengeschichtlichen Inhalts, (Berliner Turfan Texte 11), Brepols Publishers, Berlin 1981]
  • SKJÆRVØ 1976 = P.O. Skjærvø, “Sogdian notes’’, AO, XXXVII. 1976, s. 111-16.

Soğd Ses Sistemi ve Uygur Alfabesinin Kökeni*

Year 2017, Volume: 57 Issue: 57, 259 - 269, 28.12.2017

Nicholas Sims-williams Feryal Korkmaz Berker Keskin

https://doi.org/10.26561/iutded.369178

Abstract

Eski Uygurlar tarafından Soğd alfabesinden türetilerek oluşturulan on sekiz harfli Eski Uygur alfabesi, yüzyıllar boyunca gerek Türk milleti gerekse Orta Asya’daki bazı komşu kavimler tarafından kullanılmış ve bu alfabe ile pek çok eser kaleme alınmıştır. Nicholas Sims-Williams tarafından yazılan ve Journal Asiatique’in 269. cildinde (1981) yayımlanan bu makalede Uygur alfabesinin temelini teşkil eden Soğd alfabesi hakkında bilgi verilmiş, bu alfabe ile Uygur alfabesi arasında hangi farklılıkların bulunduğu açıklanmıştır. Harflerin temsil ettiği sesler detaylı bir şekilde incelenmiş ve Uygurların alfabeyi hangi şekilde türettiği noktasında bazı fikirler öne sürülmüştür.

Keywords

Sims-Williams Eski Uygur alfabesi Soğd alfabe ses sistemi ses sistemi

References

  • CLAUSON 1962 = Sir Gerard Clauson, Turkish and Mongolian studies, London, 1962.
  • [ÇN. Bkz. Sir Gerard Clauson, Türkçe-Moğolca Çalışmaları, Çev. Fatma Kömürcü, TDK Yayınları, Ankara 2017]
  • GMS = Ilya Gershevitch, A grammar of Manichean Sogdian, Oxford, 1954.
  • HENNING 1939 = W. B. Henning, “Sogdian loan-words in New Persian”, BSOS, X, I, 1939, s. 93-106.
  • HENNING 1958 = id., “Mitteliranisch”. Handbuch der Orientalistik (ed. B. Spuler), Abt. I, Bd. 4: Iranistik. Abschnitt 1: Linguistik, Leiden, 1958, s. 20-130.
  • 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.
  • MÜLLER-LENTZ 1934 = F. W. K Müller & W. Lentz, “Soghdische Texte II”. SPAW, 1934, s. 504-607.
  • SIMS-WILLIAMS 1972 = Nicholas Sims-Williams, “A Sogdian ideogram’’, BSOAS, XXXV, 3, 1972 s. 614-15.
  • SIMS-WILLIAMS 1975 = id., “Notes on Sogdian palaeography”. BSOAS, XXXVIII, 1, 1975, s. 132-9.
  • SIMS-WILLIAMS 1978 = id., Review of D. N. MacKenzie, The Buddhist Sogdian texts of the British Library, IIJ, XX, 3-4, 1978, s. 256-60.
  • SIMS-WILLIAMS çıkacak olan = id., “Remarks on the Sogdian letters γ and x (with special reference to the orthography of the Sogdian version of the Manichean church-history)”, W. Sundermann, Mitteliranische manichäische Texte kirchengeschichtlichen Inhalts adlı çalışmada bölüm olarak yayımlanacaktır.
  • [ÇN. Bkz. W. Sundermann, Mitteliranische manichäische Texte kirchengeschichtlichen Inhalts, (Berliner Turfan Texte 11), Brepols Publishers, Berlin 1981]
  • SKJÆRVØ 1976 = P.O. Skjærvø, “Sogdian notes’’, AO, XXXVII. 1976, s. 111-16.
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Publication Date December 28, 2017
Submission Date November 20, 2017
Published in Issue Year 2017 Volume: 57 Issue: 57

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