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Firespeaker: /* History and Culture */ fruits and veggies

2007-12-06T18:38:13Z

History and Culture: fruits and veggies

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	** Qazı (see stuff about horses above)		** Qazı (see stuff about horses above)
	** Lağman, other noodle dishes		** Lağman, other noodle dishes
			** '''Apples''', melons, pomegranates, grapes, walnuts, persimmons, jiyde, etc
			** '''Pumpkins''', tomatoes, cucumbers, etc

Firespeaker: /* Theoretical Linguistics */

2007-11-14T18:48:42Z

Theoretical Linguistics

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	Yeah, Turkic languages have awesome phonology. There should be tomes about it. More to come.		Yeah, Turkic languages have awesome phonology. There should be tomes about it. More to come.


	=== Morphology and Syntax ===		=== Morphology and Syntax ===

Firespeaker: /* Food */

2007-11-14T18:48:10Z

Food

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	* Horses. For Central Asian nomadic groups, horses are transportation, labour, friend, food, etc.		* Horses. For Central Asian nomadic groups, horses are transportation, labour, friend, food, etc.

	== Food ==		* Food
	* Samsa (with pumpkin!:-9)		** Samsa (with pumpkin!:-9)
	* Manty (with pumpkin!:-9)		** Manty (with pumpkin!:-9)
	* Palow		** Palow
	* Qazı (see stuff about horses above)		** Qazı (see stuff about horses above)
	* Lağman, other noodle dishes		** Lağman, other noodle dishes

Firespeaker: /* History and Culture */

2007-11-14T18:47:44Z

History and Culture

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	== History and Culture ==		== History and Culture ==

	Turkic peoples have varyingly existed in any number of cultures: nomadic steppe culture, Arab/Persian-world culture, Soviet culture, ... Religion has also varied greatly, but [[w:Tengriism\|Tengriism]] is pretty cool.		* Turkic peoples have varyingly existed in any number of cultures: nomadic steppe culture, Arab/Persian-world culture, Soviet culture, ... Religion has also varied greatly, but [[w:Tengriism\|Tengriism]] is pretty cool.

			* Horses. For Central Asian nomadic groups, horses are transportation, labour, friend, food, etc.

	== Food ==		== Food ==

Firespeaker: /* History and Culture */ food

2007-11-14T18:46:23Z

History and Culture: food

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	Turkic peoples have varyingly existed in any number of cultures: nomadic steppe culture, Arab/Persian-world culture, Soviet culture, ... Religion has also varied greatly, but [[w:Tengriism\|Tengriism]] is pretty cool.		Turkic peoples have varyingly existed in any number of cultures: nomadic steppe culture, Arab/Persian-world culture, Soviet culture, ... Religion has also varied greatly, but [[w:Tengriism\|Tengriism]] is pretty cool.

			== Food ==
			* Samsa (with pumpkin!:-9)
			* Manty (with pumpkin!:-9)
			* Palow
			* Qazı (see stuff about horses above)
			* Lağman, other noodle dishes

Firespeaker: /* History and Culture */

2007-11-05T16:45:08Z

History and Culture

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	== History and Culture ==		== History and Culture ==

	Turkic peoples have varyingly existed in any number of cultures: nomadic steppe culture, Arab/Persian-world culture, Soviet culture, ... Religion has also varied greatly, but [~~http~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Tengriism Tengriism] is pretty cool.		Turkic peoples have varyingly existed in any number of cultures: nomadic steppe culture, Arab/Persian-world culture, Soviet culture, ... Religion has also varied greatly, but [[w:Tengriism\|Tengriism]] is pretty cool.

Firespeaker: /* Geography */

2007-11-05T16:44:26Z

Geography

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	* Mountains.		* Mountains.
			* Kyrgyzstan.

	== History and Culture ==		== History and Culture ==

	Turkic peoples have varyingly existed in any number of cultures: nomadic steppe culture, Arab/Persian-world culture, Soviet culture, ... Religion has also varied greatly, but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengriism Tengriism] is pretty cool.		Turkic peoples have varyingly existed in any number of cultures: nomadic steppe culture, Arab/Persian-world culture, Soviet culture, ... Religion has also varied greatly, but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengriism Tengriism] is pretty cool.

Firespeaker: /* Music */

2007-07-31T00:11:24Z

Music

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	* Traditional		* Traditional
	** Throat singing		** Throat singing
	** Music with many traditional instruments (among my favourites are the Tuvan [~~http~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Doshpuluur doshpuluur] and the Kazakh [~~http~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Dombra dombra])		** Music with many traditional instruments (among my favourites are the Tuvan [[w:Doshpuluur\|doshpuluur]] and the Kazakh [[w:Dombra\|dombra]])
	** Persian influence		** Persian influence
	** Chinese influence		** Chinese influence

Firespeaker: /* Writing systems */

2007-07-31T00:10:43Z

Writing systems

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	There are quite a few writing systems which have historically been used to write Turkic languages:		There are quite a few writing systems which have historically been used to write Turkic languages:

	* '''[~~http~~:~~//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/~~Orkhon_script Orkhon/Yenisei runic]''' — This is neat in several ways. Not only is it runic in form, but it's based at least partly on Sogdian (as is Old Uyghur script—see below) and has alternative consonant forms for front vowels vs. back vowels.		* '''[[w:Orkhon_script\|Orkhon/Yenisei runic]]''' — This is neat in several ways. Not only is it runic in form, but it's based at least partly on Sogdian (as is Old Uyghur script—see below) and has alternative consonant forms for front vowels vs. back vowels.
	* '''[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/uyghur.htm Old Uyghur script]''' — This is what became the Mongolian script eventually, and was even pretty cool on its own.		* '''[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/uyghur.htm Old Uyghur script]''' — This is what became the Mongolian script eventually, and was even pretty cool on its own.
	* Various cyrillic scripts. Especially full of character (no pun intended) is the cyrillic Kazakh alphabet.		* Various cyrillic scripts. Especially full of character (no pun intended) is the cyrillic Kazakh alphabet.

Firespeaker: linguistics, music

2007-05-08T02:30:47Z

linguistics, music

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	* Various versions of the latin alphabet. The Tatars are on the right track with this.		* Various versions of the latin alphabet. The Tatars are on the right track with this.

			== Theoretical Linguistics ==
	== Phonology ==		=== Phonology ===

	Yeah, Turkic languages have awesome phonology. There should be tomes about it. More to come.		Yeah, Turkic languages have awesome phonology. There should be tomes about it. More to come.


	== Morphology and Syntax ==		=== Morphology and Syntax ===

	Just when you thought the syntax and morphology looked all bland and regular, ... More to come. For now see [[Kazakh Syntax Topics]]		Just when you thought the syntax and morphology looked all bland and regular, ... More to come. For now see [[Kazakh Syntax Topics]]

			=== Historical Issues ===

			* The interaction between branches of Turkic throughout their history presents problems classifying many languages.
			* There are a lot of early "borrowings" from various Indo-Europeans. Perhaps even an adstrate.

	== Music ==		== Music ==

			Music styles released by Turkic-speaking groups has a wide wide range.
			* Traditional
			** Throat singing
			** Music with many traditional instruments (among my favourites are the Tuvan [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doshpuluur doshpuluur] and the Kazakh [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dombra dombra])
			** Persian influence
			** Chinese influence
			** And what's an almost Siberian core
			* Modern styles
			** Folk-Rock
			** Techno Pop
			** Gangsta Rap
			** Metal
			* Combinations of all of this

	== Geography ==		== Geography ==