Khorezmian Turkic


Khorezmian Turkic or Khwārazm Turkish was a literary Turkic language of the medieval Golden Horde of Central Asia and Eastern Europe in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries CE.
The Khwārazm region was devoid of Turkic commonality until 11st when several conquests took place. In 13th century, with progressive Turkic settlements, the place became a Turkish dominated territory.

Relationship to other languages

Khorezmian Turkic is generally thought to have emerged from the Karakhanid language and to have transitioned into the Chagatai language, which would remain an important language of Central Asia until the twentieth century. Khorezmian was based on Old Turkic further to the east, though incorporating local Oghuz and Kipchak words.

Texts in Khorezmian