在新疆的街头巷尾,随处可见维吾尔语文字的下方犬牙交错地罗列着对应的汉语文字,就好像满嘴辅音发音的每一颗臼齿缝里都塞着一丁点焦糖渣。如果土耳其语系确有其源,那么这一支从巴尔干绵延到喜马拉雅的族群既不是一个地理概念,也断然不是以体量自诩的亚洲遗民的庞然大物。这个紧密族群的凝聚力源自口腔中呼吸与咽喉交界的柔软上 In Xinjiang’s streets and lanes, Uyghur language can be found everywhere below the canine teeth staggered with the corresponding Chinese characters, like mouthfuls of consonants pronounced in every molars are stuffed with a little bit of caramel residue. If the Turkish language family does have its origin, then this ethnic group stretching from the Balkan to the Himalayas is neither a geographical concept nor a monolith of Asian self-proclaimed monuments. The cohesion of this close-knit group comes from the softness of breathing in the mouth and throat