Kumyk

Q: What alphabet or script does Kumyk use?

Kumyk is written using the Cyrillic script (Cyrl).

Q: What direction is Kumyk written?

Kumyk is written Left-to-right, the same direction as most European languages.

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Kumyk is a Turkic language . It is written using the Cyrillic script. Its BCP 47 language code is kum.

Writing Systems Used for Kumyk

Frequently Asked Questions

What alphabet or script does Kumyk use?

Kumyk is written using the Cyrillic script (ISO 15924 code: Cyrl). Cyrillic is written left-to-right.

What direction is Kumyk written?

Kumyk is written Left-to-right. Text runs from left to right, the same direction as most European languages.

What language family does Kumyk belong to?

Kumyk belongs to the Turkic language family. It is written with the Cyrillic script.

What is the language code for Kumyk?

The BCP 47 language code for Kumyk is "kum". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.

Language Facts

BCP 47 Code: kum
ISO 639-3: kum
Status: living
Language Family: Turkic
Scripts: 1
Primary Script: Cyrillic

Other Cyrillic Languages

Abkhazian Adyghe Avaric Bashkir Belarusian Bosnian Bulgarian Buriat Chechen Church Slavic Chuvash Crimean Tatar Dargwa Erzya Ingush Kabardian Kalmyk Kara-Kalpak Karachay-Balkar Kazakh

Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.