Oghuric languages

Not to be confused with Ugric languages or Oghuz languages.
Oghuric
Onogur
Ogur
Geographic
distribution
Linguistic classificationTurkic
  • Oghuric
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologbolg1249

The Oghuric, Onoguric or Oguric[3] languages (also known as Bulgar,[4] Bulgharic,[5] Bolgar,[6] Pre-Proto-Bulgaric[7] or Lir-Turkic and r-Turkic) are a branch of the Turkic language family. The only extant member of the group is the Chuvash language. The first to branch off from the Turkic family, the Oghuric languages show significant divergence from other Turkic languages, which all share a later common ancestor. Languages from this family were spoken in some nomadic tribal confederations, such as those of the Onogurs or Ogurs, Bulgars and Khazars.[8]

  1. ^ Juha Janhunen, (1996), Manchuria: An Ethnic History, p. 190
  2. ^ Golden 1992, p. 110.
  3. ^ Golden 2011, p. 30.
  4. ^ The extinct Bulgar, Bulgaric, etc., a Turkic group, should not be confused with the unrelated Indo-European Bulgarian, which is very much alive.
  5. ^ Savelyev 2020, p. 446.
  6. ^ Glottolog
  7. ^ Golden 2011, p. 39.
  8. ^ Golden 2011, p. 239.