Fergana Kipchak, also Kipchak Uzbek, Qomanian, Fergana Valley Kirghiz is an extinct
Kipchak Turkic language of the Kipchak-Nogai branch formerly spoken in the
Fergana Valley
The Fergana Valley (also commonly spelled the Ferghana Valley) in Central Asia crosses eastern Uzbekistan, southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan.
Encompassing three former Republics of the Soviet Union, Soviet republics, the valley is e ...
of
Central Asia
Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...
.
In some districts of the
Fergana Region
Fergana Region is one of the regions of Uzbekistan, located in the southern part of the Fergana Valley in the far east of the country. It borders the Namangan and Andijan Regions of Uzbekistan, as well as Kyrgyzstan (Batken and Osh Regions) and ...
, linguistic features of Fergana Kipchak are seen, especially in phonetics. These districts are
Bagʻdod,
Buvayda,
Uchkoʻprik and parts of neighboring districts. Many idioms spoken in
Uzbekistan
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that are now considered part of the Kyrgyz language are actually Fergana Kipchak. According to
E. D. Polivanov, the Fergana Kipchak language existed as a separate idiom as late as in the 1920s.
According to
Yevgeny Polivanov, it is close to Kyrgyz.
According to
A. N. Samoilovich, some descendants of Fergana Kipchak-speakers identify as a separate people from the
Uzbeks
The Uzbeks () are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, being among the largest Turkic ethnic groups in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakhs, Kazakh and Karakalpaks, Karakalpak ...
,
Kazakhs
The Kazakhs (Kazakh language, Kazakh: , , , ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia and Eastern Europe. They share a common Culture of Kazakhstan, culture, Kazakh language, language and History of Kazakhstan, history ...
or
Kyrgyz, although closely related to the latter. Some dialects of Fergana Kipchak seem closely related to the
Kipchak–Nogay languages.
See also
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Kipchaks
The Kipchaks, also spelled Qipchaqs, known as Polovtsians (''Polovtsy'') in Russian annals, were Turkic nomads and then a confederation that existed in the Middle Ages inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe.
First mentioned in the eighth cent ...
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Kipchak languages
The Kipchak languages (also known as the Kypchak, Qypchaq, Qypshaq or the Northwestern Turkic languages) are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family spoken by approximately 30 million people in much of Central Asia and Eastern Europe, spanni ...
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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 ...
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Cuman language
Cuman or Kuman (also called Kipchak, Qypchaq or Polovtsian, self referred to as Tatar () in Codex Cumanicus) was a West Kipchak Turkic language spoken by the Cumans (Polovtsy, Folban, Vallany, Kun) and Kipchaks; the language was similar to t ...
References
External links
Особенности взаимного притяжения народов (in Russian)
Кыргызы (in Russian)
Кипчакский компонент в этногенезе киргизов (in Russian)
К вопросу о кыргызах и Фергане (in Russian)
Саяно-Алтай и Тянь-Шань (in Russian)
Кожом-Шукур(in Russian)
Историографический обзор проблемы происхождения киргизов(in Russian)
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Agglutinative languages
Turkic languages
Languages extinct in the 1920s
Extinct languages of Asia
Languages of Uzbekistan
Kipchak languages