Re: Rise of Mongol Power

From: Yusuf B Gursey (ybg_at_TheWorld.com)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 22:55:10 +0000 (UTC)

In sci.lang Jacques Guy <jguy@alphalink.com.au> wrote in <4103D53D.289D@alphalink.com.au>:
: 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.

tehre is a turkish minority (dwindeled recently) in Bulgaria

:> Afghanistan

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

there are turkic minorities (Uzbek and Turkmen), now led by Gen. Dostum.

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

a small minority in Mongolia.

: 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.

"Urdu" comes from what the poster says.

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