Khoton is an extinct dialect of the Uyghur language in the Karluk group of Turkic languages. Khotons use the Oirat dialect of Mongolic languages in daily life.
Khoton is classified as Uyghur by various researchers (Boris Vladimirtsov, Alexander Samoylovich, Nikolay Baskakov), an Uzbek dialect by ÃÂrmin Vámbéry, a Kyrgyz dialect by Grigory Potanin and Sergey Malov.
According to Nikolay Baskakov, Khoton language has q as in ' ('firepit') which has Old Uyghur characteristics, ' ('camel') which has Kyrgyz characteristics as in '; ' ('mouth') which has Southern Altai characteristics and q: ' (âÂÂarmâÂÂ) from Turkmen.