What is Kipchak Language?

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The Kipchak language (also spelled Qypchaq) is an extinct Turkic language of the Kipchak group.

The descendants of the Kipchak language include the majority of Turkic languages spoken in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus today, as Kipchak was used as a lingua franca in Golden Horde-ruled lands.

Kazakhs are remnants of Eastern Kipchak tribes who lived in Northern Kazakhstan in the 10th century, but migrated to Europe later. So, their language originates from a more isolated form of earlier Kipchak. Bolgar-speaking Volga Bulgarians (or Kazan Tatars), Astrakhan Tatars, Balkars, Bashkirs and Mongolian aristocracy adopted the Kipchak language in the days of the Golden Horde.

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Turkic languages • Mongolic languages • Tungusic languages • Japonic languages* • Korean language*
Notes: *Japonic and Korean are not generally recognized as belonging to the Altaic language family. A hypothetical language family that would include both the Japonic languages and Korean is sometimes referred to as the Buyeo language family.
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Turkic languages
OghurBulgar† | Chuvash | Hunnic† | Khazar† | Turkic Avar†
UyghurOld Turkic† | Aini| Chagatay† | Ili Turki | Lop | Uyghur | Uzbek
KypchakBaraba | Bashkir | Crimean Tatar | Cuman† | Karachay-Balkar | Karaim | Karakalpak | Kazakh | Kipchak† | Krymchak | Kumyk | Nogai | Old Tatar† | Tatar | Urum | Altay | Kyrgyz
OghuzAfshar | Azerbaijani | Crimean Tatar | Gagauz | Khorasani Turkish | Ottoman Turkish† | Pecheneg† | Qashqai | Salar | Turkish | Turkmen | Urum
ArghuKhalaj
NortheasternChulym | Dolgan | Fuy Grgs | Khakas | Northern Altay | Shor | Tofa | Tuvan | Western Yugur | Sakha/Yakut
Notes: Listed in more than one group, Mixed language, Disputed, †Extinct
Turkic languages constitute a language family of some thirty languages, spoken across a vast area from Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean to Siberia and Western China, and are traditionally considered to be part of the proposed Altaic language family.
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Golden Horde (Mongolian: Алтан Ордын улс Altan Ordyn Uls; Turkish: Altın Orda; Tatar:
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Kazakhs (also spelled Kazaks, Qazaqs; Kazakh: Қазақтар [qɑzɑqtɑr
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Anthem
My Kazakhstan


Capital Astana

Largest city Almaty
Official languages Kazakh (state language), Russian
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Overview

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Bulgar (also Bolğar and Proto-Bulgarian) was the language of the Bulgars, now extinct. Although a number of suppositions about its origins exist the classification of Bulgar language is still unclear. The linguistic theory places it among the Turkic languages.
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Kazakh (also Qazaq and variants[1], natively Qazaq tili, Қазақ тілі,
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 Korean 
Writing system: Exclusive use of Hangul (N. & S. Korea), mix of Hangul and Hanja (S. Korea), or Cyrillic alphabet (lesser used in Goryeomal) 
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Official language of:  North Korea
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The Japonic languages or Japanese-Ryukyuan languages are terms used by linguists who hypothesize a language family that descended from a common ancestral language known as Proto-Japonic or Proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan.
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 Korean 
Writing system: Exclusive use of Hangul (N. & S. Korea), mix of Hangul and Hanja (S. Korea), or Cyrillic alphabet (lesser used in Goryeomal) 
Official status
Official language of:  North Korea
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The Buyeo or Fuyu languages (Buyeo or Puyŏ, in Korean, Fúyú in Chinese) are a hypothetical language family that attempts to relate certain ancient languages of the Korean Peninsula and southern Manchuria (specifically the Goguryeo language,
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Subgrouping

A tentative subgrouping results in the following list of languages:
  • Khazar
  • Eurasian Avar, or Turkic Avar

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Bulgar (also Bolğar and Proto-Bulgarian) was the language of the Bulgars, now extinct. Although a number of suppositions about its origins exist the classification of Bulgar language is still unclear. The linguistic theory places it among the Turkic languages.
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Chuvash (Chuvash: Чăвашла, Čăvašla, IPA: [ʨəʋaʂˈla]; also known as Chăvash, Chuwash, Chovash,
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Hunnic language is an extinct language of the Huns. The records for this language are sparse, and its relationship to other Turkic languages is controversial.

Classification


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Khazar is the language spoken by the medieval Khazar tribe, a semi-nomadic Turkic people from Central Asia. It is also referred to as Khazarian, Khazaric, or Khazari.
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