An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources

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Eric Schluessel
2018

An Introduction to Chaghatay: A Graded Textbook for Reading Central Asian Sources

A textbook designed by GWU professor Eric Schluessel for those learning to reading Chagatay, the premodern literary Turkic language of Central Asia, closely related to Uzbek and Uighur. This creative commons textbook includes grammar explanations, reading exercises, paleographic notes, and a useful Chagatay-English glossary. 

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