Here I present: Martine Robbeets & Alexander Savelyev, “Transeurasian Languages”, 2024, PART TWO. The transeurasian languages are Korean-&-Japanese languages connected to Altaic languages (Turkic, Mongolic & Tungusic). The Turkic is the topic of this blog post.
INTRODUCTION.
Constantinople (Istanbul) became the largest city in the world in 340 AD with a population of 400,000people. While, Tokyo JAPAN is the current largest city in the world (since 1965 with 23 million people), Constantinople, TURKEY continues to be a major world city with a population of 15 million people.
BELOW is the list of world largest cities in history.
WORLD LARGEST CITY.
Constantinople, Turkey 340 AD 400,000 people.
Ctesiphon, Iraq 570 AD
Changan (Xi’an), China 637 AD
Baghdad, Iraq 775 AD 1.00 million people.
Cordova, Spain 935 AD
Kaifeng, China 1013 AD 400,000 people.
Constantinople, Turkey 1127 AD
Merv, Turkmenistan 1145 AD 200,000 people.
Constantinople, Turkey 1153 AD
Fez, Morocco 1170 AD
Hangzhou, China 1180 AD 255,000 people.
Cairo, Egypt 1315 AD
Hangzhou, China 1348 AD 432,000 people.
Nanking, China 1358 AD 487,000 people.
Beijing, China 1425 AD 600,000 people.
Constantinople, Turkey 1650 AD 700,000 people.
Beijing, China 1710 AD 900,000 people.
Tokyo (Edo), Japan 1787 AD 1.37 million people.
London, England 1825 AD 1.35 million people.
New York City, United States 1925 AD 7.77 million people.
Tokyo, Japan 1965 AD 23 million people.
The Turkic Languages “family tree” is shown BELOW.
The “Turkic language phylum” consists of the following languages in alphabetical order.
| A. | Altai |
| Arghy | |
| Aynu | |
| Azerbaijani | |
| B. | Bulkar |
| C. | Chaharmahali |
| Chulym | |
| Chuvash | |
| Crimean Tartar | |
| D. | Dobrujan Tartar |
| F. | Fuyu Kyrzyg |
| G. | Gagauz |
| I. | Ili |
| K. | Karachay |
| Karakakpak | |
| Kazakh | |
| Khakas | |
| Khorasan | |
| Kyrgyz | |
| N. | Nogai |
| Q. | Qashqai |
| S. | Salar |
| Shor | |
| Soyot | |
| T. | Tartar |
| Tofa | |
| Turkish | |
| Turkmen | |
| Tuvan | |
| U. | Uyghur |
| Uzbek | |
| W. | Western Yugur |
| Y. | Yakut |
