Re: Rise of Mongol Power

From: Jacques Guy (jguy_at_alphalink.com.au)
Date: 07/25/04 

Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 08:43:57 -0700

Nirvana wrote:
> Altaic family of language has 2 branches: Mongolian and
> Turkic. This family of languages is spoken all the way in Bulgaria,

Ah yes, Bulgarian. A typical Turkic language.

> Afghanistan

Ditto. Anything in "stan" is Turkic. Like Stan Laurel. He
spoke Turkic.

> Iran (25% of the population speaks a Turkic language),
> Turkey, Uzbekistan, Krygistan, Kazakhstan, North West China (AKA Xin
> Jiang), and Mongolia all speak this.

Everywhere. Even in Australia. Board a taxi and you've
got a good chance that the driver is Turkish. Or
Afghani, in which case, of course, he speaks Turkic.
Or Sikh, in which case, again, he speaks Turkic.
Why, even in France: the woman who runs the gem shop
in Passage Jouffroy in Paris is Turkish!
And Americans celebrate Christmas with a turkey.

> Even the Muslims of
> India/Pakistan speak Urdu (Turkic word for "Army or camp")

Wow! and there's even a Mongolian dialect called "Ordos"!
That's clearly what "Urdu" comes from.

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