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The Oghuz languages are a sub-branch of the Turkic languages, spoken by approximately 108 million people. The three languages with the largest number of speakers are Turkish language, Azerbaijani, Turkmen language and Khwarazmian Uzbek which, combined, account for more than 95% of speakers of this sub-branch.
Kara-Khanid scholar Mahmud al-Kashgari, who lived in the 11th century, stated that the Oghuz language was the simplest among all Turkic languages.D. T. Potts, (2014), Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era, p. 177
Swedish Turkology and Linguistics Lars Johanson notes that Oghuz languages form a clearly discernible and closely related bloc within the Turkic language family as the cultural and political history of the speakers of Oghuz languages has linked them more closely up to the modern age. Western Oghuz languages are highly mutually intelligible with each other and the Crimean Tatar language, which, though genetically Kipchak Turkic rather than Oghuz, has been heavily influenced by Turkish over several centuries.
The term "Oghuz" is applied to the southwestern branch of the Common Turkic languages. It is in reference to the Oghuz Turks, who migrated from the Altay Mountains (2025). 9780765682222, Routledge. ISBN 9780765682222 "Historically, all of the Western or Oghuz Turks have been called Turkmen or Turkomen... In the 7th century C.E., they migrated from their ancestral homeland in the Altay mountains westward..." to Central Asia in the 8th century and further expanded to the Middle East and to the Balkans as separate tribes.
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Two further languages, Crimean Tatar and Urum language, are Kipchak languages, but have been heavily influenced by the Oghuz languages.
The extinct Pecheneg language was probably Oghuz, but as it is poorly documented, it is difficult to further classify it within the Oghuz family; it is therefore usually excluded from classification.Баскаков, Н. А. Тюркские языки, Москва 1960, с. 126–131.
Swedish Turkology and Linguistics Lars Johanson notes that Oghuz languages form a clearly discernible and closely related bloc within the Turkic language family as the cultural and political history of Oghuz Turks has linked them more closely up to the modern age when compared to other Turkic subgroups. (1998). 9780415082006, Routledge. ISBN 9780415082006
English language: ‘The dead man rose, sat down and began to speak.’
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