Cuman language

Extinct West Kipchak Turkic language CumanKuman, Kipchak, PolovcianTatar tilCodex Cumanicus, 14th centuryNative toCuman–Kipchak Confederation, Golden HordeRegionCumaniaEthnicityCumans, Kipchaks, TatarsExtinctIn Kunság: 1770, with the death of István VarróOther regions: evolved into Kipchak-Cuman languagesLanguage familyTurkic Common TurkicKipchakKipchak–CumanCumanWriting systemLatinLanguage codesISO 639-3qwmGlottologcuma1241Map of territory occupied by the Cumans around 1200 Cuman or Kuman (also called Kipchak, Qypchaq or Polovtsian, self referred to as Tatar (tatar til) in Codex Cumanicus) was a West Kipchak Turkic language spoken by the Cumans (Polovtsy, Folban, Vallany, Kun) and Kipchaks; the language was similar to today's various languages of the West Kipchak branch. Cuman is documented in medieval works, including the Codex Cumanicus, and in early modern manuscripts, like the notebook of Benedictine monk Johannes ex Grafing. History The Cumans were nomadic people who lived on the steppes of Eastern Europe, north of the Black Sea, before the Golden Horde. Many Turkic peoples including the Crimean Tatars, Nogais, Karachays, Kumyks, Crimean Karaites, Krymchaks and Balkars