Khoton language

Khoton is an extinct dialect of the Uyghur language in the Karluk group of Turkic languages. Khotons use the Oirat dialect of Mongolic languages in daily life.

Classification

Khoton is classified as Uyghur by various researchers, an Uzbek dialect by Ármin Vámbéry, a Kyrgyz dialect by Grigory Potanin and Sergey Malov.

Mixed nature

According to Nikolay Baskakov, Khoton language has q as in oçaq which has Old Uyghur characteristics, teey which has Kyrgyz characteristics as in töö; оoz which has Southern Altai characteristics and q: qol from Turkmen.