Hunnic language
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The Hunnic language is an extinct language of the Huns. The record of the language is sparse, and its relationship to other languages is controversial.
Previously, Hunnic was considered an Altaic language, related to the present-day Chuvash language. Today, however, both languages are classified as members of the western branch of the Turkic language family.[1][2]
The probability, that Hunnic was a Turkic language, arises from comparison of Hunnic names and words to that of Turkic names and words,[3] some recorded from certain artifacts.[4]
1997 edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica reasons that "It is assumed that the Huns also were speakers of an r- and l-type Turkic language and that their migration was responsible for the appearance of this language in the West. The r- and l-type language is now documented only by Chuvash, a language considered as a descendant of a Volga-Bulgarian language. The rest of the Turkic languages are of the z- and s-type".
[edit] Notes
- ^ Bulgars
- ^ The World of the Huns. Chapter IX. Language - O. Maenchen-Helfen
- ^ "Europe: The Origins of the Huns", by Kessler Associate, based on conversations with Kemal Cemal, Turkey, 2002
- ^ Azgar Mukhamadiev, "Khan Diggiz Dish Inscriptions",1995
[edit] External links
- The World of the Huns by Otto Maenchen-Helfen - Language chapter
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