Pecheneg language

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Pecheneg
Peçenek
Spoken in  Crimea
Region Krym
Language extinction 12th century[1]
Language family Altaic[1] (controversial)
Language codes
ISO 639-1 None
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-3 xpc

Pecheneg language (Turkish Dialect: Peçenek dili) is the extinct Turkic language spoken by the Pechenegs in Eastern Europe.

It is most likely a member of the Oghuz branch of the Turkic family, but the poor documentation to it and the absence of any descendant languages of Pecheneg has prevented linguists from making a definite classification; most experts would be fairly confident in placing it among the Oghuz languages, but would refuse to classify it further.

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  1. ^ a b Linguist List

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