Karluk languages
The Karluk languages are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family that developed from the varieties once spoken by Karluks.
Many Middle Turkic works were written in these languages. The language of the Kara-Khanid Khanate was known as Turki, Ferghani, Kashgari or Khaqani. The language of the Chagatai Khanate was the Chagatai language.
Karluk Turkic was spoken in the Kara-Khanid Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, Yarkent Khanate and the Uzbek-speaking Khanate of Bukhara, Emirate of Bukhara, Khanate of Khiva and Khanate of Kokand.Classification
Languages
The Turkic languages are a language family of at least 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples. The number of speakers derived from statistics or estimates and were rounded:
| Number | Name | Status | Native speakers | Country |
| 1 | Uzbek | Normal | 27,000,000 | |
| 2 | Uyghur | Normal | 11,000,000 | |
| 3 | Äynu | Critically endangered | 6,000 | |
| 4 | Ili Turki | Severely endangered | 100 | |
| Total | Karluk languages | Normal | 38,000,000 | |
