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I think it would be really interesting to learn more about the history of the region between ~Georgia and Mongolia before the USSR. It seems fantastic how the T
by widforss 5y ago
I think it would be really interesting to learn more about the history of the region between ~Georgia and Mongolia before the USSR. It seems fantastic how the Turkic language group can be so geographically widespread as it is (there are languages belonging to it way up in Siberia), though TIL that Mongolian isn't Turkic.
And then the Mongols came from the other direction, unifying the area. What did that do culturally?
This is basically all I know about the area, but it seems extremely interesting.
- clw8 5y agoThe Turkic and Mongolian languages all came from the area around south Siberia and Mongolia. So ironically it is those Turkic people in Siberia who are the ones that stayed closest to home! The Huns might have been a Turkic group, but that's hard to prove or disprove since we don't have any records of their language beyond names and a few words that were probably borrowed anyway.
- Ericson2314 5y agoWell the steppe the highway of Eurasia, so it makes sense those language families are strewn all over it.