Kipchak language

For the group of languages, see Kipchak languages.

Kipchak
Qypçaq
Region	Russia north of the Black Sea, Hungary^[1]
Era	11th–17th centuries^[1] Evolved into modern Kipchak languages.
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Kipchak Kipchak–Cuman Kipchak
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Linguist list	`qwm`
Glottolog	None

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-Cuman was used as a lingua franca in Golden Horde–ruled lands.

Kazakhs are remnants of Eastern Cuman-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 (later Kazan Tatars), Astrakhan Tatars, Balkars, Karachays, Kumyks, Cumans (later Crimean Tatars), Bashkirs and Mongolian aristocracy adopted the Kipchak language in the days of the Golden Horde.

References

Italics indicate extinct languages

Proto-language

Arghu

Ponto-Caspian	Cuman Crimean Tatar Karachay-Balkar Karaim Kipchak Krymchak Kumyk Urum²

Aralo-Caspian	Siberian Tatar Fergana Kipchak Karakalpak Kazakh Kyrgyz Nogai

Uralo-Caspian	Bashkir Old Tatar Tatar

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