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Язык кыпчаков: попытка исторической характеристики
Language of Kipchaks: attempt of historical characteristics

Author(s): Yaroslav V. Pylypchuk
Subject(s): History, Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning, Bibliography, General Reference Works, Theoretical Linguistics, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Historical Linguistics, Philology
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: qipchaqs; «codex cumanicus»; makhmud al-kashgari; turkic language of «codex cumaniсus»; qipchaq language.

Summary/Abstract: This article is dedicated to the history of Qipchaq language. In this paper analyzing the question whether it is possible to consider the Turkic language of «Codex Cumaniсus» were lanlguage of Qipchaqs in the IX–XIII centuries. Vocabulary of Makhmud al-Kashgari was the only one dictionary which remained Qipchaq language of 11th century. Qipchaq language, other than vocabulary in this dictionary, presents of anthroponyms and ethnonyms in historical sources from different countries. Qipchaq language of 9th–13th centuries should have been closer to Oghuz language.

  • Issue Year: XXVI/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 92-98
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Russian