Bulgar language
Bulgar (also known as Bulghar, Bolgar, or Bolghar) is an extinct Oghur Turkic language spoken by the Bulgars.
| Bulgar | |
|---|---|
| Region | From Central Asia to the Pontic–Caspian steppe, the Volga and the Danube and Southern Italy (Molise, Campania) |
| Ethnicity | Bulgars |
| Extinct | By the 9th or 10th centuries on the Danube and by the 14th century in the Volga region |
| Language family | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xbo |
| Linguist List | xbo |
The name is came from the Bulgars, a tribal that established the Bulgar state known as Old Great Bulgaria in the mid-7th century, which became the Danubian Bulgaria by the 680s.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica Online - Bolgar Turkic Archived 2008-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Campbell, George L. Compendium of the World's Languages. Routledge, 2000. page 274