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KUMYK (Russia, Europe)

Family
Central-(Kipchak)-Turkish

Country
Russia, Europe

Language code
KSK

Continent
Europe

Alternate language names
KUMUK, KUMUKLAR, KUMYKI

Dialect names
KHASAV-YURT, BUINAK, KHAIDAK

Genetic affiliation
Altaic, Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian

Geographical region
Southern Dagestan ASSR. Also Turkey, USA

Population
189,000 in Russia (1970 census)

Bilingual in
Russian

Printings of whole books of Bible
1888-1897

Remarks
Dialects are apparently quite divergent. Has literary status. Cyrillic script. Different from the Kumux dialect of Lak. Speakers use Russian as second language. Education is in Russian

Total speakers
189,000 or more

Religion
Sunni Muslim

Also in
USA, Turkey

 
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