The Common Turkic Terminological Fund as a Basis for International Terminology Unification

Abstract

This article discusses the relevance of creating a common terminology fund for the Turkic nationsand the importance of International unification of terminology. First, the current trends in term formationin the Kazakh and Kyrgyz languages, the differences and similarities in the terminology of the two languages are analyzed and compared using specific examples. It is proved that nowadays due to the weakness of interlingual unification and coordination works, the level of sharing of term formationexperience and mutual terminological borrowing between related languages is decreasing, and the differences in the terminology of the two languages are  increasing rapidly. Further, based on the comparative terminological dictionary of 9 Turkic languages in Economics, Linguistics and Military, published by the Turkic Academy, common terms and differences in the terminology of the languages of modern Turkic nations are analyzed by comparing and contrasting them. The results of these analyses also indicate that the differences in the terminology of the languages of Turkic peoples are increasing year by year rather than their common features. Based on the results of linguistic analyses conducted on the terminology of Kazakh-Kyrgyz and several other Turkic languages, the need for modern Turkic nations to agree and coordinate their terminological issues, to pay special attention to the interlingual and international unification of their terms, and the relevance of creating a Common Turkic Terminology Fund are scientifically formulated. The internal and external sources that serve as the basis for creating a Common Turkic Terminology Fund and the terminological work that should be carried out sequentially during the International unification of terminology are mentioned, and the ways to conduct them are outlined. It is recommended to establish a competent commission, such as TurkTerKom, which would professionally conduct and coordinate this extensive terminological work that should be carried out at the interstate and interlingual levels, and a special Terminology Institute with international status that would scientifically support its work.