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Extinct Oghuz Turkic language of Eastern Europe
Pecheneg
is an extinct
Turkic language
spoken by the
Pechenegs
in
Eastern Europe
(parts of
Southern Ukraine
, Southern Russia, Moldova, Romania and Hungary) in the 7th?12th centuries. However, names in this language (Beke, Wochun, Lechk, etc.) are reported from
Hatvan
until 1290.
[2]
Classification
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Pecheneg was most likely a member of the
Oghuz
branch of the
Turkic family
[3]
,
[4]
but poor documentation and the absence of any descendant languages have prevented linguists from making an accurate classification; most experts
[
weasel words
]
would be fairly confident in placing it among the Oghuz languages, but would refuse to classify it further,
[
citation needed
]
though it is placed in the
Kipchak
language family in
Glottolog
and in the Kipchak?Cuman language family in
Linguist List
.
Byzantine
princess
Anna Komnene
asserts that the Pechenegs and
Cumans
spoke the same language,
[5]
while Mahmud al-Kashgari considered their language to be a corrupted form of Turkic.
[6]
References
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