Abstract

Turkish dialects of Turkey are one of the main reference sources in determining the issues of Turkish that have not yet been clarified with the many linguistic elements it carries in its structure. For this reason, dialect research in Turkey Turkish has become one of the most interesting fields of Turcology studies, especially in recent years. In the studies, the differences of linguistic elements such as phonetics, morphology and vocabulary are taken into account in the division of Turkish dialects of Turkey, which are divided into three main dialect groups as Eastern, Western and Northeastern Group, and one of them is language convergence. Language convergence has continued as a basic principle in all periods of the Turkish language from our first written documents until today. This situation makes itself felt strongly not only in standard language but also in the dialects. So much so that the borrowed words that enter Turkish and contradict the rule of language convergence have changed in structure and harmonized due to various reasons in the dialects. Although this harmonization sometimes collapses in the Eastern Group dialects due to various reasons, it generally displays a solid appearance in borrowed words. This harmony in the borrowed words is mostly in the form of vowel backness and frontness with regressive and progressive assimilation.
In this study, the appearance of these borrowed words in the Eastern Group dialects in terms of language convergence will be discussed based on the examples and evaluations in the academic studies on Kars, Gümüşhane, Erzurum, Erzincan, Elâzığ, Tunceli, Iğdır, Diyarbakır, Bayburt, and Van Lake North Basin Dialects.