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Kipchak
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family of Turkic languages of Central Asia and Europe
Key facts
- Geographic distribution
- Central Asia , Russia , Northern Caucasus , Balkans , Lithuania , Romania , Ukraine , China
- Ethnicity
- Kipchaks
- Linguistic classification
- Turkic Common Turkic Kipchak
- Subdivisions
- Kipchak–Cuman Kipchak–Bulgar Kipchak–Nogai Kipchak–Kyrgyz
- Glottolog
- kipc1239
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Described at
Turkic Database at Elegant Lexicon
A searchable database of lexical items in the Turkic languages
turkic.elegantlexicon.com →Change of Old Turkic d to /y/, e.g. Kalmak ayaq 'foot', Kazakh quyrïq 'tail'. Labialization of word- and syllable-final /G/ after low vowels, e.g. Bashkir taw 'mountain', Nogay avïz 'mouth'. Loss of word-final /G/ after high vowels, e.g. Kumyk ayuv 'bear', Karachay-Balkar ullu 'big'. Use of forms for '2' beginning with /e/, rather than /i/, e.g. Yurt Tatar eki. This feature is shared with the Kyrgyz-Altay and Bolgar families. Schönig, Claus. 2007. “Some notes on Modern Kipchak Turkic (Part 1).” Ural-Altaische Jahrbücher n.s. 21: 170-202. Schönig, Claus. 2008. “Some notes on Modern Kipchak Turkic (Part 2).” Ural-Altaische Jahrbücher n.s. 22: 109-138.
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The Kipchak languages (also known as the Kypchak, Qypchaq, Qypshaq or the Northwestern Turkic languages) are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family spoken by approximately 30 million people in much of Central Asia and Eastern Europe, spanning from Romania to China. Some of the most widely spoken languages in this group are Kazakh, Kyrgyz, and Tatar.
Linguistic features