Turkic family
Chuvash
c. 1400 CE – today Living
Chuvash (c. 1400 CE – today) is a living Turkic language. Lineage: Proto-Turkic → Bulgar → Chuvash.
See Chuvash on the interactive map- Speakers
- 700K (700,000)
- ISO 639-3
- chv
- Glottocode
- chuv1255
Sole surviving Oghur Turkic language, spoken in Chuvashia, Russia; descended from Volga Bulgar.
Lineage
- Proto-Turkicc. 200 BCE – 500 CE
- Bulgarc. 400 CE – 1400 CE
- Chuvashc. 1400 CE – today