The Formation of the Crimean Tatar Li­terary Language Based on the Urban Koine of Bakhchisaray in the seventeenth and eigh­teenth century

The purpose of this work is to determine the role of the koine of the Bakhchisaray’s capital and its environs in the formation of the supra-dialect koine and the literary (standard) Crimean Tatar language in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The period that we are considering in this article...

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Main Authors: Rustemov O.D, Stepanov E.N.
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Published: Tatarstan Academy of Sciences, Marjani Institute of History 2019-12-01
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description The purpose of this work is to determine the role of the koine of the Bakhchisaray’s capital and its environs in the formation of the supra-dialect koine and the literary (standard) Crimean Tatar language in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The period that we are considering in this article is quite indicative precisely in terms of the development of the Crimean Tatar literary language and its oral form – the supra-dialect koine. This time was the last stage of the fully functioning Crimean language before the Crimean Khanate lost its independence totally (1783). Phonological, lexical and grammatical norms which determined the vector of further development of the literary language of the Crimean Tatars, based mainly on the Bakhchisaray urban koine, had already crysta­llized in that epoch’s language. The material of this study consists of legal documents. They provide the best way to trace the processes of the formation of norms in the general Crimean supra-dialect koine, which based on the capital’s koine. Of particular value are the re­cords of Sharia courts of the Crimean kadiys, on the one hand, and the khan’s yarliks along with letters, on the other. Both types of documents demonstrate two literary styles that were forming by different Turkic linguo-cultural traditions: that of the Golden Horde and the Crimean proper, the latter being a regional one which was influenced by the Ottoman language. The fact of lingual archaism and the mixing the phonetic, lexical and grammatical traditions of different Turkic languages in the texts of the manuscripts of official and business writing testify to the mixed character of norms in the Bakhchisaray, pre-dialect koine norms, and the norms of the literary language on the basis of the interaction of homogeneous Turkic idioms (Cumanian and Seljukian) with a small share of heterogeneous, mostly lexical, borrowings.
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spelling doaj-art-e4d4acb1a4664e37ade4145203e189162025-08-20T02:42:56ZengTatarstan Academy of Sciences, Marjani Institute of HistoryЗолотоордынское обозрение2308-152X2313-61972019-12-017474475910.22378/2313-6197.2019-7-4.744-759The Formation of the Crimean Tatar Li­terary Language Based on the Urban Koine of Bakhchisaray in the seventeenth and eigh­teenth centuryRustemov O.D,0Stepanov E.N. 1Publishing House “Tezis” Simferopol, Russian Federation biblos@ukr.netOdessa I.I. Mechnikov National University Odessa, Ukraine stepanov.odessa@gmail.comThe purpose of this work is to determine the role of the koine of the Bakhchisaray’s capital and its environs in the formation of the supra-dialect koine and the literary (standard) Crimean Tatar language in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The period that we are considering in this article is quite indicative precisely in terms of the development of the Crimean Tatar literary language and its oral form – the supra-dialect koine. This time was the last stage of the fully functioning Crimean language before the Crimean Khanate lost its independence totally (1783). Phonological, lexical and grammatical norms which determined the vector of further development of the literary language of the Crimean Tatars, based mainly on the Bakhchisaray urban koine, had already crysta­llized in that epoch’s language. The material of this study consists of legal documents. They provide the best way to trace the processes of the formation of norms in the general Crimean supra-dialect koine, which based on the capital’s koine. Of particular value are the re­cords of Sharia courts of the Crimean kadiys, on the one hand, and the khan’s yarliks along with letters, on the other. Both types of documents demonstrate two literary styles that were forming by different Turkic linguo-cultural traditions: that of the Golden Horde and the Crimean proper, the latter being a regional one which was influenced by the Ottoman language. The fact of lingual archaism and the mixing the phonetic, lexical and grammatical traditions of different Turkic languages in the texts of the manuscripts of official and business writing testify to the mixed character of norms in the Bakhchisaray, pre-dialect koine norms, and the norms of the literary language on the basis of the interaction of homogeneous Turkic idioms (Cumanian and Seljukian) with a small share of heterogeneous, mostly lexical, borrowings.http://goldhorde.ru/en/stati2019-4-9/crimean tatar languageliterary languagekoinedialectcrimean kha­natejudicial books
spellingShingle Rustemov O.D,
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The Formation of the Crimean Tatar Li­terary Language Based on the Urban Koine of Bakhchisaray in the seventeenth and eigh­teenth century
Золотоордынское обозрение
crimean tatar language
literary language
koine
dialect
crimean kha­nate
judicial books
title The Formation of the Crimean Tatar Li­terary Language Based on the Urban Koine of Bakhchisaray in the seventeenth and eigh­teenth century
title_full The Formation of the Crimean Tatar Li­terary Language Based on the Urban Koine of Bakhchisaray in the seventeenth and eigh­teenth century
title_fullStr The Formation of the Crimean Tatar Li­terary Language Based on the Urban Koine of Bakhchisaray in the seventeenth and eigh­teenth century
title_full_unstemmed The Formation of the Crimean Tatar Li­terary Language Based on the Urban Koine of Bakhchisaray in the seventeenth and eigh­teenth century
title_short The Formation of the Crimean Tatar Li­terary Language Based on the Urban Koine of Bakhchisaray in the seventeenth and eigh­teenth century
title_sort formation of the crimean tatar li terary language based on the urban koine of bakhchisaray in the seventeenth and eigh teenth century
topic crimean tatar language
literary language
koine
dialect
crimean kha­nate
judicial books
url http://goldhorde.ru/en/stati2019-4-9/
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