Kumyk
Language Information
Kumyk is spoken in Russia, in the lowlands of northeastern Dagestan, and in neighboring Chechnya and North Ossetia.
Kumyk is a Kipchak Turkic language with about 450,000 speakers. It was once a common language of trade throughout the North Caucasus and is one of the official languages of Dagestan.
Kumyk is a Kipchak Turkic language with about 450,000 speakers. It was once a common language of trade throughout the North Caucasus and is one of the official languages of Dagestan.
- Language Family
- Altaic
- Subgroup
- Turkic
- Branch
- Northwestern (Kipchak)