Kipchak-Cuman

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Kipchak-Cuman is a branch of the Turkic language family historically associated with the Kipchak and Cuman nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of the Turkic language family
language subgroup
alternativeName Cuman-Kipchak
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman

Kipchak-Cuman Turkic
linked to: Kipchak languages
associatedWith Eurasian steppe
linked to: Eurasian Steppe

nomadic peoples
documentedIn diplomatic correspondence of the Golden Horde
medieval glossaries
extinct true
extinctionPeriod early modern period
geographicRegion Eurasian steppes
linked to: Eurasian Steppe

Pontic–Caspian steppe
hasFeature SOV basic word order
agglutinative morphology
vowel harmony
hasSubgroup Cuman dialect
Kipchak dialect
historicallySpokenBy Cuman people
Kipchak people
linked to: Kipchaks
influenced Crimean Tatar language
Karaim language
Karaite Hebrew Turkic components
Kipchak branch of modern Turkic languages
Kumyk language
linked to: Kumyk
languageFamily Turkic
partOf Turkic languages
relatedTo Karluk Turkic languages
linked to: Karluk languages

Oghuz Turkic languages
spokenInPastIn Crimea
Hungary (Cuman settlements)
Lower Volga region
Pontic steppe
subclassOf Kipchak languages
timePeriod 11th century
12th century
13th century
14th century
Middle Ages
usedAs lingua franca in the Eurasian steppe
usedBy Golden Horde
usedFor diplomacy
missionary work (in some Christian and Catholic sources)
trade communication
usedIn Codex Cumanicus
writingSystem Arabic script
Cyrillic script (in some later sources)
Latin script (in some later sources)

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Karachay-Balkar belongsToBranch Kipchak-Cuman
Nogai language subfamily Kipchak–Nogai branch
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Chufut-Kale associatedEthnicGroup Kipchaks
subject linked to: Chufut-Kale (nearby cave city)
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Kumandin language branch Kipchak
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Battle of Marchfeld allyOfRudolf Hungarian Cumans
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Cuman Confederation ethnicComposition Turkic-speaking Cumans
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Kumyks linguisticSubbranch Kipchak–Cuman
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Kipchak–Bulgar group relatedTo Kipchak–Cuman group
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Balkar people linguisticBranch Kipchak-Cuman
Balkar dialect languageBranch Kipchak-Cuman
Kipchak-Cuman alternativeName Cuman-Kipchak
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Kipchak–Nogai closelyRelatedTo Kipchak–Cuman branch
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Cuman language hasDialect Cuman–Kipchak
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Halich-Lutsk Karaim languageSubbranch Northwestern Kipchak
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Kumandin Turkic subfamily Kipchak
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman
Qalawunid dynasty ethnicOrigin Cuman-Kipchak
linked to: Kipchak-Cuman