Pecheneg language
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Pecheneg | |
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Region | Central Europe, Eastern Europe |
Era | 7th–12th century[1] |
Turkic
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | xpc |
xpc | |
Glottolog | pech1242 |
Pecheneg is an extinct Turkic language spoken by the Pechenegs in Eastern Europe (parts of Southern Ukraine, Southern Russia, Moldova, Romania and Hungary) in the 7th–12th centuries. Byzantine princess Anna Komnene asserts that the Pechenegs and Cumans spoke the same language.[2]
It was most likely a member of the Oghuz branch of the Turkic family,[3] but poor documentation and the absence of any descendant languages have prevented linguists from making an accurate classification; most experts would be fairly confident in placing it among the Oghuz languages, but would refuse to classify it further.
References[]
- ^ Pecheneg at MultiTree on the Linguist List
- ^ Howorth, Henry Hoyle (1880). "History of the Mongols". Google Books. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
- ^ Баскаков, Н. А. Тюркские языки, Москва 1960, с. 126-131.
Categories:
- Languages with Linglist code
- Extinct languages of Europe
- Pechenegs
- Turkic languages
- Languages attested from the 7th century
- Languages extinct in the 12th century
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