“THE GRAMMAR OF THE KIPCHAK LANGUAGE” INCLUDED IN THE XVII CENTURY ARMENIAN MANUSCRIPT CREATED IN LVОV (MATENADARAN, № 3522)

Abstract

Publication of the fragment “The Grammar of the Kipchak Language”, from manuscript №3522 stored in Matenadaran has been initiated by the researchers of YSU Institute of Armenian Studies to launch an extensive international project, involving specialists in Oriental Studies, Linguistics, Source Studies, Cultural Studies from the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and distant foreign countries. Manuscripts in the Kipchak language, written in Armenian letters, evidence the exclusively strong centuries-long traditions of intercultural cooperation as well as national and religious tolerance in the territory of Northern Eurasia. These manuscripts can serve as a reliable source for the study of the issues of the history of Turkic languages, particularly that the sound system of the latter is best transcribed through the Armenian alphabet