Armeno-Kipchak language

Armeno-Kipchak (Xıpçaχ tili, Tatarça)^[2] was a Turkic language belonging to the Kipchak branch of the family that was spoken in Crimea during the 14–15th centuries. The language has been documented from the literary monuments of 16–17th centuries written in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (modern day Ukraine) in the Armenian script. Armeno-Kipchak resembles the language of Codex Cumanicus, which was compiled in the 13th century.^[3]

Armeno-Kipchak
Xıpçaχ tili, bizim til, Tatarça
17th century manuscript of a prayer in Armeno-Kipchak.
Native to	Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Region	Crimea
Ethnicity	Armenians (Armeno–Kipchaks)
Extinct	17th century[1]
Language family	Turkic Common Turkic Kipchak Kipchak–Cuman Armeno-Kipchak
Writing system	Armenian script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Speakers of the Armeno-Kipchak are considered to be linguistically assimilated Armenians.^[4][5] Armeno-Kipchak-speakers generally identified as Armenian.^[4]

See also

• Crimean Tatar language
• Karaim language
• Krymchak language
• Urum language
• Armenians in Ukraine
• Armenians in Poland