| Also Known As: Kumyki,Kumuk,Kumuklar,Kumyk
Description:
Kumyk (Qumuq tili, Qumuqça or Qumuq (alternative spelling: Kumuk tili, Kumukça)) (Къумукъ тили) is a Turkic language, spoken by about 365,000 speakers (the Kumyks) in the Dagestan republic of Russian Federation.
Yırçı Qazaq (born 1839) is usually considered to be a founder of Kumyk literature. Kumyk was written using Arabic script until 1928, using Latin script from 1928-1938, and using Cyrillic since then.
The first regular newspapers and magazines appeared in 1917-18. Currently, the newspaper Ёлдаш (Yoldash, Companion), the successor of the Soviet-era Ленин ёлу (Lenin yolu, Lenin's Path), prints around 5,000 copies 3 times a week.
It has been strongly influenced by Azeri and Dargwa, as well as by Russian during last century.
A Latin based alphabet was used from 1927–1937).
A Cyrillic based alphabet has been used since 1937...... full article at Wikipedia |
