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1. Turkic Language Families

   Linked via "Turgai Depression"

   Genetic Relationships and Subdivisions
   The standard classification of Turkic languages generally divides the family into eight major branches, though some typologists argue for a nine-branch model incorporating the proposed Khazaric Isolate. This model posits a common ancestor, Proto-Turkic, spoken roughly between the 5th century BCE and the 1st century CE, perhaps near the confluence of the Aral Sea and the Turgai Depression.
   The Oghuz Branch