Fergana Kipchak, also Kipchak Uzbek, is a recently extinct
Kipchak Turkic language of the Kyrgyz-Kipchak branch formerly spoken in the
Fergana Valley
The Fergana Valley (; ; ) in Central Asia lies mainly in eastern Uzbekistan, but also extends into southern Kyrgyzstan and northern Tajikistan.
Divided into three republics of the former Soviet Union, the valley is ethnically diverse and in the ...
of
Central Asia
Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the fo ...
.
In some districts of the
Fergana Region
Fergana Region ( uz, Fargʻona viloyati, russian: Ферганская область) 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 R ...
, linguistic features of Fergana Kipchak are seen, especially in phonetics. These districts are
Bagʻdod
Bagʻdod ( uz, Bagʻdod, Бағдод or , russian: Багдад, Bagdad) is an urban-type settlement in Fergana Region, Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uz ...
,
Buvayda,
Uchkoʻprik and parts of neighboring districts. Many idioms spoken in
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...
that are now considered part of the Kyrgyz language are actually Fergana Kipchak. According to the
E. D. Polivanov, the Fergana Kipchak language existed as a separate idiom as late as in the 1920s.
According to
A. N. Samoilovich, some descendants of Fergana Kipchak-speakers identify as a separate people from the
Uzbeks
The Uzbeks ( uz, , , , ) are a Turkic ethnic group native to the wider Central Asian region, being among the largest Turkic ethnic group in the area. They comprise the majority population of Uzbekistan, next to Kazakh and Karakalpak mino ...
,
Kazakhs
The Kazakhs (also spelled Qazaqs; Kazakh: , , , , , ; the English name is transliterated from Russian; russian: казахи) are a Turkic-speaking ethnic group native to northern parts of Central Asia, chiefly Kazakhstan, but also part ...
or
Kyrgyz Kyrgyz, Kirghiz or Kyrgyzstani may refer to:
* Someone or something related to Kyrgyzstan
*Kyrgyz people
*Kyrgyz national games
*Kyrgyz language
*Kyrgyz culture
*Kyrgyz cuisine
*Yenisei Kirghiz
*The Fuyü Gïrgïs language in Northeastern China
...
, 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 or Qipchaks, also known as Kipchak Turks or Polovtsians, were a Turkic nomadic people and confederation that existed in the Middle Ages, inhabiting parts of the Eurasian Steppe. First mentioned in the 8th century as part of the ...
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Kipchak languages
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Cumans
The Cumans (or Kumans), also known as Polovtsians or Polovtsy (plural only, from the Russian exonym ), were a Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation. After the Mongol invasion (1237), many so ...
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Cuman language
Cuman or Kuman (also called Kipchak, Qypchaq or Polovtsian) was a Kipchak Turkic language spoken by the Cumans (Polovtsy, Folban, Vallany, Kun) and Kipchaks; the language was similar to today's various languages of the Kipchak-Cuman branch. C ...
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