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Karancs Mountain
Karancs () is the highest peak in the Karancs Hills with an elevation of . It lies on the Hungarian-Slovak border. In Hungary, the mountain forms part of the Karancs-Medves Protected Landscape Area, while in Slovakia it is included in the Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area. The name ''Karancs'' may be derived from the mountain's often dark green (almost black) colour. In Pecheneg and the other Middle Turkic languages, the word ''kara'' meant 'black', or from qurunçï 'sooty, charred felt'. Another possible etymology is that the word was formed from the toponymic base ''karant'', derived from the Proto-Celtic *''karn-'' and ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European *''ḱerh₂-'' meaning "highest part of the body, horn", thus "tip, peak". Karancs is a laccolith formed through volcanic activity in the Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pecheneg Language
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. Classification Due to poor documentation and the absence of any descendant languages, linguists have been prevented from making an accurate classification. It is placed as unclassified 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 The Cumans or Kumans were a Turkic people, Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cumania, Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language. They are referred to as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Ru ... spoke the same language, while Mahmud al-Kashgari considered their language to be a corr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Turkic
Middle Turkic is a term used by linguists to refer to a group of Karluk languages, Karluk, Oghuz languages, Oghuz and Kipchak languages, Kipchak languages spoken during much of the Middle Ages (c. 900–1500 CE) in Central Asia, Iran, and parts of the Near East controlled by Seljuk Turks. Classification Middle Turkic can be divided into eastern and western branches. Eastern Middle Turkic consists of Karakhanid language, Karakhanid (also called Khaqani Turkic), a literary language which was spoken in Kashgar, Balasaghun and other cities along the Silk Road and its later descendants such as Khorezmian Turkic and Chagatai language, Chagatai. The western branch consists of Kipchak languages documented in ''Codex Cumanicus'' and various Mamluk Kipchak language, Mamluk Kipchak texts from Egypt and Syria, and Oghuz languages, Oghuz Turkic represented by Old Anatolian Turkish. Old Anatolian Turkish was noted to be initially influenced by Eastern Middle Turkic traditions. Karluk and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |