Northern Turkic

[this article is preliminary and needs to be corrected; it serves primarily illustrative purposes]

Northern Turkic is a family of languages.

Name
An alternative name is
 * Eastern Hunnic

Composition

 * Tuva
 * Tofa
 * Yellow Uighur
 * Salar
 * Yakut
 * Khakas
 * Shor
 * Chulym Tatar
 * Kirgiz
 * Altay

Validity
The evidence for a Northern Turkic grouping is summarized by Serebrennikov & Gadzieva (1986:77-121).

Alternative compositions
There is no universal agreement on the position of Kirgiz, Yellow Uighur and Salar. Kirgiz is also placed in the Aralo-Caspian group of Western Turkic. Yellow Uighur is also placed in Eastern Turkic. Salar is also placed in Southern Turkic.

Classification

 * Altaic
 * Turkic

Alternative classification

 * Northeastern Turkic