Kumyk language
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Not to be confused with the Kalmyk language.
Kumyk (къумукъ тил,[2] qumuq til,[3] قموق تیل[4][5]) is a Turkic language spoken by about 426,212 people, mainly by the Kumyks, in the Dagestan, North Ossetia and Chechen republics of the Russian Federation.[6] Until the 20th century Kumyk was the lingua-franca of the Northern Caucasus.
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Kumyk | |
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къумукъ тил qumuq til • قموق تیل | |
Native to | North Caucasus |
Region | Dagestan, Chechnya, North Ossetia |
Ethnicity | Kumyks |
Native speakers | 450,000 (2010 census)[1] |
Turkic
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Cyrillic, Latin, Arabic | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Dagestan (Russia) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | kum |
ISO 639-3 | kum |
Glottolog | kumy1244 |
Share of the Kumyk population in areas of traditional residence in the Caucasus according to the 2010 census | |
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