Kumyk

Also known as kum, Kumyk language

Turkic language

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Kumyk is a Turkic language spoken primarily in the Caucasus region, particularly in Dagestan. It matters as part of the diverse linguistic heritage of the region and represents one of many Turkic languages with distinct historical and cultural significance.

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Image: Кумыки в Дагестане.svg

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Commons category: Kumyk language
number of speakers, writers, or signers: 426212
native label: Къумукъ‎
Wikimedia language code: kum
exact match: publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KUM
Wikimedia Incubator URL: incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/kum
short name: хъуымыхъхъаг
P10369: Library of Alexandria
described at URL: turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=kmk

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Linguistic map of the Caucasus region: Kumyk is spoken in the dark blue area, numbered "25."

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.