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Also known as Oghur languages, Lir Turkic languages, r-Turkic languages, Bulgar languages, Pre-Proto-Bulgaric languages, Onoguric languages, Oguric languages, Oghur

branch of the Turkic languages

Key facts

Geographic distribution
Historically: Balkans , Caucasus , Northern China (presumably) Today: Volga region
Linguistic classification
Turkic Oghuric
Subdivisions
Chuvash † Bulgar † Onogur † Khazar (branch classification within the Turkic family is disputed) † Hunnic (disputed) † Xiongnu (disputed) † Tuoba (disputed) † Pannonian Avar (disputed)
Glottolog
bolg1249

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Described at

Turkic Database at Elegant Lexicon

A searchable database of lexical items in the Turkic languages

turkic.elegantlexicon.com

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Encyclopedic overview

The Oghuric, Onoguric, or Oguric languages (also known as Bulgar, Bulgharic, Bolgar, Pre-Proto-Bulgaric, or Lir-Turkic and r-Turkic) are a branch of the Turkic language family. The only extant member of the group is the Chuvash language. The first to branch off from the Turkic family, the Oghuric languages show significant divergence from other Turkic languages, which all share a later common ancestor. Languages from this family were spoken in some nomadic tribal confederations, such as those of the Onogurs or Ogurs, Bulgars and Khazars.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oghuric” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.