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Kumyk

A language of Russian Federation (Europe)

ISO 639-3: kum

Population	422,000 in Russian Federation (2002 Census). Population total all countries: 422,550.
Region	Dagestan, north and east plain. Also in Kazakhstan, Turkey (Asia).
Language map	European Russia, reference number 22
Alternate names	Kumuk, Kumuklar, Kumyki
Dialects	Khasavyurt, Buinaksk, Khaitag, Podgorniy, Terek. Dialects quite divergent.
Classification	Altaic, Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian
Language use	Most also use Russian.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Higher where majority speak Kumyk. Literacy rate in L2: High in Russian. Newspapers. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2007.
Writing system	Cyrillic script.
Comments	Different from Kumux dialect of Lak [lbe]. Muslim (Sunni).

Also spoken in:

Turkey (Asia)

Language name	Kumyk
Region	A few villages.
Alternate names	Kumuk, Kumuklar, Kumyki
Dialects	Khasav-Yurt, Buinak, Khaidak.
Language use	Language of wider communication.
Comments	Different from the Kumux dialect of Lak [lbe]. Muslim.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

CLIFTON, Deborah A.; CLIFTON, John M., editors. 2002. Comments on discourse structures in ten Turkic languages.

CLIFTON, John M., author. 2002. "Alphabets of ten Turkic languages."

HUMNICK, Linda, author. 2002. "Some categories of participant reference in Kumyk narrative."

HUMNICK, Linda, author. 2009. Pronouns in Kumyk discourse: a cognitive perspective.