Pecheneg language

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Pecheneg
Peçenek
Region Crimea
Extinct 12th century[1]
Language family
Altaic?
Language codes
ISO 639-3 xpc
Linguist List xpc

Pecheneg language 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,[2] but the poor documentation to it and the absence of any descendant languages of Pecheneg has 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 [edit]

  1. ^ Linguist List
  2. ^ Баскаков, Н. А. Тюркские языки, Москва 1960, с. 126-131.

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