Introduction

The Kipchak languages are a sub-branch of the Turkic language family spoken by approximately 28 million people.

Geographic distribution

The Kipchak languages are spoken in much of Central Asia and Eastern Europe, spanning from Ukraine to China.

Language Family Tree

Turkic > Common Turkic > Kipchak

• [qwm] Cuman
• East Kipchak
  • [kir] Kirghiz
  • [alt] Southern Altai
    • Telengit
    • Teleut
• North Kipchak
  • [bak] Bashkir
  • [tat] Tatar
    • Alabugat Tatar
    • Mishar Tatar
• South Kipchak
  • [kaa] Kara-Kalpak
  • [kaz] Kazakh
  • [nog] Nogai
    • Nogay-Karagash
    • Yurt Tatar
• Unclassified Kipchak
  • [xpc] Pecheneg
• West Kipchak
  • Crimean Tatar-Urum
    • Crimeaic
      • [crh] Crimean Tatar
        • Crimean Tatar Coastal Dialect
        • Crimean Tatar Orta Dialect
        • Crimean Tatar Steppe Dialect
      • [jct] Krymchak
    • [uum] Urum
      • Azovian Urum
      • Georgian Urum
  • [krc] Karachay-Balkar
    • Balkar
  • [kdr] Karaim
    • Crimean Karaim
    • Halych Karaim
    • Trakai Karaim
  • [kum] Kumyk

Languages Sorted Alphabetically

• Alabugat Tatar
• Altai, Southern
• Azovian Urum
• Balkar
• Bashkir
• Crimean Karaim
• Crimean Tatar
• Crimean Tatar Coastal Dialect
• Crimean Tatar Orta Dialect
• Crimean Tatar Steppe Dialect
• Cuman
• Georgian Urum
• Halych Karaim
• Karachay-Balkar
• Karaim
• Karakalpak
• Kazakh
• Krymchak
• Kumyk
• Kyrgyz
• Mishar Tatar
• Nogai
• Nogay-Karagash
• Tatar
• Telengit
• Teleut
• Trakai Karaim
• Urum
• Yurt Tatar