Bulgar language
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Not to be confused with Bulgarian language.
Bulgar
Spoken in: from Central Asia to the steppes North of the Caucasus, the Volga, and the Danube
Language extinction: between the 9th century on the Danube and the 14th century on the Volga
Language family: Altaic
Turkic
Oghur
Bulgar
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: —
ISO 639-3: xbo
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Bulgar (also Bolğar and Proto-Bulgarian) was the language of the Bulgars, now extinct. Its classification is somewhat controversial: the most widely accepted theory places it among the Turkic languages,[1][2][3] but some Bulgarian historians link it to Iranian language group instead (more specifically, the Pamiri languages are frequently mentioned).[4][5][6][7] Other Bulgarian historians only point out certain signs of Iranian influence without drawing such conclusions from them[8] (of the linguistic evidence only the Iranian origin of the name Asparukh seems to withstand scrutiny - see Schmitt 1985 for a critical assessment by an international Iranologist[9]). Still others assume an intermediate stance[10] or indeed actively oppose the "Iranian" theory.[11] Bulgar is assumed to have been used in Great Bulgaria, later in Volga Bulgaria, as well as in Danubian Bulgaria. The language became extinct in Danubian Bulgaria in the 9th century as the Bulgar nobility became gradually Slavicized through intermarriages with the Slavic majority there. In Volga Bulgaria, it persisted longer (according to the prevalent theory of its Turkic affiliation) and ultimately gave rise to the modern Turkic Chuvash language.[1][2][12]


Што знам што луѓе ќе бидат? Ако се Бугари, арно - ќе се разберам...".