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{{Short description|Turkic dialect of Xinjiang, China}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Lop
|nativename={{lang|ug|Ľor télé}} / {{lang|ug|Льор теълеъ}}
|states=[[China]]
|region=[[Xinjiang|Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region]]
|speakers=25,000
|date=no date
|ref=<ref name="e12">{{Ethnologue12|uig|Uighur}}</ref><!--not in e11-->
|familycolor=Altaic
|fam1=[[Turkic languages|Turkic]]
|fam2=[[Common Turkic languages|Common Turkic]]
|fam3=[[Karluk languages|Karluk]]
|fam4=[[Uyghur language|Uyghur]]
|isoexception=dialect
|glotto=lopn1238
|glottoname=Lopnor
}}

'''Lop''', also known as '''Lopnor''' or '''Lopnur''' is a [[Turkic languages|Turkic dialect]] spoken in the [[Lop Nur|Lopnor]] region of [[Xinjiang]], China. Lop speakers are officially classified as ethnic Uyghurs by the Chinese government.

==Classification==
Lop belongs to the Karluk branch of Turkic languages, along with [[Uyghur language|Uyghur]] and [[Uzbek language|Uzbek]]. Its status as a distinct language from Uyghur is disputed. Although it has some features that differentiate it from [[Standard language|standard]] Uyghur, it is considered by some linguists to be one of its [[dialect]]s.{{sfnp|Abdurehim|2014}}

== Phonology ==

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|+ Consonants:{{sfnp|Abdurehim|2014|page=28}}
! colspan="2" |
! [[Labial consonant|Labial]]
! [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
! [[Palato-alveolar consonant|Palato-<br>alveolar]]
! [[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
! [[Velar consonant|Velar]]
! [[Uvular consonant|Uvular]]
! [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant| Nasal]]
|{{IPA-link|m}}
|{{IPA-link|n}}
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|{{IPA-link|ŋ}}
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! rowspan="2" |[[Plosive]]
!{{small|[[unvoiced]]}}
|{{IPA-link|p}}
|{{IPA-link|t}}
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|{{IPA-link|k}}
|{{IPA-link|q}}
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!{{small|[[voiced]]}}
|{{IPA-link|b}}
|{{IPA-link|d}}
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|{{IPA-link|g}}
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! rowspan="2" | [[Fricative]]
!{{small|[[unvoiced]]}}
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| {{IPA-link|s}}
| {{IPA-link|ʃ}}
| {{IPA-link|ç}}
| colspan="2" |{{IPA-link|x}}~{{IPA-link|χ}}
| rowspan="3" |{{IPA-link|h}}
|-
!{{small|[[voiced]]}}
|{{IPA-link|v}}
|{{IPA-link|z}}
|{{IPA-link|ʒ}}
|{{IPA-link|ʝ}}
| colspan="2" |{{IPA-link|ɣ}}~{{IPA-link|ʁ}}
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! colspan="2" | [[Approximant]]
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|{{IPA-link|l}}
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| {{IPA-link|j}}
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! colspan="2" | [[Tap consonant|Tap]]
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| {{IPA-link|ɾ}}
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{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Vowels:{{sfnp|Abdurehim|2014|page=45}}
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" |Front
! rowspan="2" |Back
|-
! {{small|unrounded}}
! {{small|rounded}}
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! High
|{{IPA-link|i}}
|{{IPA-link|y}}
|{{IPA-link|u}}
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! Mid
|{{IPA-link|e}}
|{{IPA-link|ø}}
|{{IPA-link|o}}
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!Low
|{{IPA-link|æ}}
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|{{IPA-link|a}}
|}

==References==
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;General
{{refbegin}}
* {{Cite thesis |last=Abdurehim |first=Esmael |title=The Lopnor Dialect of Uyghur: A Descriptive Analysis |date=2014 |degree=Doctoral |publisher=Unigrafia |url=https://helda.helsinki.fi/bitstream/handle/10138/136392/lopnordi.pdf?sequence=1 |isbn=978-951-51-0384-0 |series=Publications of the Institute for Asian and African Studies 17 |location=Helsinki |hdl=10138/136392 |hdl-access=free}}
{{refend}}

{{Languages of China}}
{{Turkic languages}}

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[[Category:Agglutinative languages]]
[[Category:Karluk languages]]
[[Category:Languages of China]]
[[Category:Endangered languages of China]]
[[Category:Endangered Turkic languages]]
[[Category:Uyghur language]]


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