Yakut

Turkish has undergone extensive contact with Arabic, Persian and other languages, while Uzbek and Kazakh have their own histories of literary development and contact in Central Asia.

Sakha, meanwhile, developed in relative geographical separation in north-eastern Siberia, in contact with neighbouring languages very different from those of Anatolia.

Now, a map of language families can look deceptively tidy.

Coloursville territory is there are boundaries between separate groups, and every language appears to have a clearly defined place.