THE PLACE OF THE OF THE BULGAR GROUP IN THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF THETURKIC DIALECTS

Abstract

Turkic dialects have been classified by many researchers since old times. These classifications vary and change in many ways. At the same time, they also have effects on each other in terms of method, system, etc. In these classifications, which ethnic, phonetic, morphological and geographical criteria were taken as basis within the system, the places of Turkic dialects changed and they were evaluated in different groups.
Chuvash Turkic and its predecessor Volga Bulgar Turkic are Turkic dialects that mostly taken place
in the classification of Turkic dialects; however, some authors did not include these Turkic dialects. And
Chuvash Turkicweren't evaluated under the same title in every classification. It was taken place in
different classifications with different titles by using different criteria. In this study, the place of Chuvash
and Volga Bulgar Turkic in the classification of Turkic dialects and the criteria used in the classification
of these dialects have been examined.