Proto-Bulgarian

E515534

Proto-Bulgarian was the early Turkic-influenced language spoken by the Bulgar tribes who founded the First Bulgarian Empire under leaders such as Asparuh.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bulgar language 13
Proto-Bulgarian canonical 2
Proto-Bulgar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bulgar language ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ
historical language ⓘ
associatedWith Asparuh ⓘ
First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
attestedIn Greek-script marginal notes ⓘ
medieval Byzantine sources ⓘ
stone inscriptions in Bulgaria ⓘ
declineCause Slavicization of Bulgaria ⓘ
adoption of Old Church Slavonic as official language ⓘ
disputedClassification Turkic vs. Iranic hypotheses ⓘ
ethnicGroupAssociated Danubian Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars

Volga Bulgars ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
hasLinguisticFeature Turkic-type personal names of Bulgar rulers ⓘ
rhotacism (r for z) typical of Oghur Turkic ⓘ
use of title "kanasubigi" ⓘ
historicalRole language of founders of the First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
influenced Old Bulgarian ⓘ
linked to: Church Slavonic

Old Church Slavonic (Bulgarian recension) ⓘ
linked to: Church Slavonic
influencedBy Iranian languages ⓘ
Oghur Turkic languages ⓘ
Slavic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Turkic-influenced ⓘ
leftTracesIn Bulgarian anthroponymy ⓘ
Bulgarian calendar terminology ⓘ
Bulgarian titles and ranks ⓘ
Bulgarian toponymy ⓘ
mainEvidenceType calendar terms ⓘ
onomastic data ⓘ
titles and ranks ⓘ
region Balkans ⓘ
Lower Danube ⓘ
linked to: Danube

Pontic–Caspian steppe ⓘ
relatedTo Chuvash language (distantly, via Oghur branch) ⓘ
linked to: Oghur languages
spokenBy Bulgar tribes ⓘ
linked to: Bulgars
status partially reconstructed ⓘ
poorly attested ⓘ
successorLanguage Bulgarian language (through Slavicization) ⓘ
timePeriod 7th century ⓘ
8th century ⓘ
Early Middle Ages ⓘ
usedFor administration of the early Bulgarian state ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
ruling elite communication ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ
runic-like tamga signs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Asparuh of Bulgaria → languageCommunity → Proto-Bulgarian ⓘ
Old Great Bulgaria → languageUsed → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Khan Omurtag → ethnicOrigin → Proto-Bulgarian ⓘ
Volga Bulgaria historical area → language → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Oghur Turkic → hasDescendant → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Asparukh → languageOfPeople → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Isperih → languageAssociated → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Bulgar → spoke → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Dulo → language → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Onogur Bulgaria → language → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Patria Onoguria → languageUsed → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Tervel of Bulgaria → ethnicOrigin → Proto-Bulgar ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Old Great Bulgar Khanate → language → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Presian I of Bulgaria → languageOfCourt → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Bilär → languageOfInhabitants → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian
Suvar → languageInUse → Bulgar language ⓘ
linked to: Proto-Bulgarian