Chaghatay Courses

Chaghatay A: Elementary Chaghatay
This course is intended to develop a basic reading knowledge of Chaghatay, the classical antecedent of modern Uzbek and modern Uyghur, and the common literary language of all Central Asian Turks from the fourteenth to the early twentieth centuries. The course includes a survey of Chaghatay literature as well as a discussion of grammar, the writing system, and lexicographical resources; the class meetings will be devoted to both textbook-based instruction and (particularly in the second half of the semester) the reading of samples from Chaghatay texts drawn from printed sources and manuscript copies.

Chaghatay B: Elementary Chaghatay
Continuation of Chaghatay A.

Chaghatay 120A: Intermediate Chaghatay (taught Spring 2022)
Intermediate Chaghatay is a continuation of Chaghatay B. This course aims to develop learners’ reading, transliterating, transcribing, and analyzing skills. Mainly focuses on reading primary source materials. These firsthand manuscript passages include selections from different time periods (fourteenth to early twentieth century), different places (both Eastern & Western Turkestan), and different genres (religious, historical, literature, legal, healing and medical etc.). This will provide learners with an excellent basis as they move forward with their own research. In this course learners will gain the ability to (1) read original handwritten Chaghatay materials; (2) distinguish different genres;(3) transliterate and transcribe manuscripts, as well as practice linguistic annotation and translation into English; and (4) analyze each reading materials.

Chaghatay 120B: Intermediate Chaghatay (taught Fall 2022)
Continuation of Chaghatay 120A.