Kumyk language
| Kumyk | |
|---|---|
| Къумукъ тил Qumuq til قوموق تیل | |
| Native to | North Caucasus |
| Region | Dagestan, Chechnya, North Ossetia |
| Ethnicity | Kumyks |
Native speakers | 520,000 (2020) |
Turkic
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| Cyrillic, Latin, Arabic | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Dagestan ( Russia) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | kum |
| ISO 639-3 | kum |
| Glottolog | kumy1244 |
Share of the Kumyk population in areas of traditional residence in the Caucasus according to the 2010 census | |
Kumyk is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
| External videos | |
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A series of videos about the similarities of languages | |
| Comparison of Kumyk and Tatar languages |
Kumyk (къумукъ тил, qumuq til, قوموق تیل) is a Turkic language spoken by about 520,000 people, mainly by the Kumyks, in the Dagestan, North Ossetia and Chechen republics of the Russian Federation. Until the 20th century Kumyk was the lingua franca of the Northern Caucasus.