Proto-Bulgarian

E515534

Bulgar language extinct language historical language

Proto-Bulgarian was the early Turkic-influenced language spoken by the Bulgar tribes who founded the First Bulgarian Empire under leaders such as Asparuh.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bulgar language	2
Proto-Bulgarian canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bulgar language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ historical language ⓘ
associatedWith	Asparuh NERFINISHED ⓘ First Bulgarian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
attestedIn	Greek-script marginal notes ⓘ medieval Byzantine sources ⓘ stone inscriptions in Bulgaria ⓘ
declineCause	Slavicization of Bulgaria ⓘ adoption of Old Church Slavonic as official language ⓘ
disputedClassification	Turkic vs. Iranic hypotheses ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated	Danubian Bulgars NERFINISHED ⓘ Volga Bulgars NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	Turkic-type personal names of Bulgar rulers ⓘ rhotacism (r for z) typical of Oghur Turkic ⓘ use of title "kanasubigi" ⓘ
historicalRole	language of founders of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
influenced	Old Bulgarian NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Church Slavonic (Bulgarian recension) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Oghur Turkic languages ⓘ Slavic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamily	Turkic-influenced ⓘ
leftTracesIn	Bulgarian anthroponymy ⓘ Bulgarian calendar terminology ⓘ Bulgarian titles and ranks ⓘ Bulgarian toponymy ⓘ
mainEvidenceType	calendar terms ⓘ onomastic data ⓘ titles and ranks ⓘ
region	Balkans ⓘ Lower Danube NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontic–Caspian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Chuvash language (distantly, via Oghur branch) NERFINISHED ⓘ
spokenBy	Bulgar tribes NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	partially reconstructed ⓘ poorly attested ⓘ
successorLanguage	Bulgarian language (through Slavicization) ⓘ
timePeriod	7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ Early Middle Ages ⓘ
usedFor	administration of the early Bulgarian state ⓘ military organization ⓘ ruling elite communication ⓘ
writingSystem	Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ runic-like tamga signs ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asparuh of Bulgaria → languageCommunity → Proto-Bulgarian ⓘ

Old Great Bulgaria → languageUsed → Proto-Bulgarian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgar language

Khan Omurtag → ethnicOrigin → Proto-Bulgarian ⓘ

Volga Bulgaria historical area → language → Proto-Bulgarian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgar language