Linguistic analysis on the stories of the Afghan poet Huda Verdi

Afghanistan has a long history. Since it is the intersection point of roads, it has always maintained its strategic importance throughout history. Due to its geographical location, Afghanistan is a geography where Turks, like other nations, have lived throughout history. Therefore, many Turkish tribes still live in this geography today. Among these Turkish tribes living in Afghanistan, the most important and most populated ones are undoubtedly Uzbeks and Turkmens. This geography, which includes important figures of Chagatai Literature such as Ali Şir Nevâyî, Hüseyin Baykara, Zahiruddin Muhammed Babür Shah, continues their literary legacy. The most important literary environment of Afghanistan Uzbek and Turkmen literature, which is almost a continuation of Late Period Chagatai literature, is northern Afghanistan. Huda Verdi's work is a folktale from the 20th century. Huda Verdi is the copyist of this story, which is mostly written in prose, although there are verse parts. The study has been prepared in the form of Introduction, Review, Text, Index and Conclusion sections. In the introduction, information is given about the name of Chagatai, Chagatai Turkish, the periods of Chagatai Turkish, Late Period Chagatai Turkish and Late Period Chagatai Turkish. In the second part, information about Huda Verdi's life and literary personality is given. In the third part, the language features of the work and its transcription form are given. In the conclusion part, all these studies are evaluated and given in articles. In the appendix section, the grammatical index of the words in the text is given in the original text and in the index section. Keywords: Afghan Poet Huda Verdi, Late Chagatai Turkish, Linguistic Features, Index.