Khazar language
E813234
The Khazar language was the now-extinct Turkic tongue once spoken by the Khazar Khaganate, belonging to the Oghur branch of the Turkic language family.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Oghur Turkic language
ⓘ
Turkic language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Khazars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestationLevel | fragmentary ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Bulgar language (Oghur Turkic)
ⓘ
Chuvash language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Arabic sources
ⓘ
Byzantine Greek sources ⓘ Hebrew sources ⓘ Persian sources ⓘ |
| era |
10th century
ⓘ
7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| evidenceType |
onomastic data
ⓘ
personal names in external sources ⓘ titles and ethnonyms in historical records ⓘ |
| extinctionPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| glottologStatus | poorly attested ⓘ |
| influencedBy | other Oghur Turkic varieties ⓘ |
| ISOStatus | no ISO 639-3 code ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
ethnonyms and tribal names
ⓘ
place names in Khazar territory ⓘ titles such as "khagan" and "bek" ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Turkic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mayHaveInfluenced |
early Volga Bulgar language
ⓘ
lexicon of neighboring peoples ⓘ |
| possiblyInfluencedBy |
Caucasian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Slavic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryFunction |
administrative language of Khazar Khaganate
ⓘ
elite language of Khazar ruling class ⓘ |
| region |
Lower Volga region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
North Caucasus NERFINISHED ⓘ Pontic–Caspian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | used among Jewish Khazars (hypothesized) ⓘ |
| scholarlyDebate |
classification details within Oghur branch
ⓘ
extent of Hebrew lexical influence ⓘ |
| sharesFeature | r/l isogloss of Oghur Turkic ⓘ |
| spokenIn | Khazar Khaganate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subfamily | Oghur branch ⓘ |
| uncertainty |
grammar largely unknown
ⓘ
phonology not securely reconstructible ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script (possible, not well attested)
ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ runiform script (hypothesized) ⓘ |
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