Cuman

Facts

Language: Cuman
Alternate names: Middle Kipchak, Polovets
Language code: qwm
Language family: Turkic, Common Turkic
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Introduction

Cuman (Kuman) was a Kipchak Turkic language spoken by the Cumans and Kipchaks; the language was similar to today's various languages of the Kipchak-Cuman branch. Cuman was a literary language in Central and Eastern Europe that left a rich literary inheritance. The language became the main language of the Golden Horde.

The Cuman Verb

Cuman is documented in medieval works, including the Codex Cumanicus, and in early modern manuscripts, like the notebook of Benedictine monk Johannes ex Grafing.

Verblist

to ask -- sor-
to be -- bol-
to bite -- tisla-
to close -- jap-
to come -- chel-
to count -- sana-
to die -- ol-
to drink -- iz-, yz-
to eat -- asza-
to fall -- tuz-, tus-
to give -- ber-
to hear -- esit-
to hold -- tut-
to know -- bil-
to laugh -- chul-
to live -- tiril-, tiyril-, tiir-
to open -- azč-
to play -- oyna-
to pull -- tart-
to run -- yugur-
to say -- ayt-
to see -- chor-
to sit -- oltur-
to sleep -- uiur-, uyur-
to smell -- yyla-
to take -- al-
to think -- sagen-
to vomit -- cus-
to wash -- ju-
to write -- čis-

Verblists

Cuman Verblist

External Links

Cuman Glosses in Turkic Database