. . . . "kum" . "Kumyk"@en . . . "\u043A\u044A\u0443\u043C\u0443\u043A\u044A \u0442\u0438\u043B. Qymyk til"@en . . "kum" . . "Kumyk (\u043A\u044A\u0443\u043C\u0443\u043A\u044A \u0442\u0438\u043B, qumuq til) is a Turkic language, spoken by about 426,212 speakers (the Kumyks) in the Dagestan republic of Russian Federation.Irchi Kazak (Y\u0131r\u00E7\u0131 Qazaq; born 1839) is usually considered to be a founder of Kumyk literature. Kumyk was written using Arabic script until 1928, Latin script from 1928\u20131938, and Cyrillic script since then.The first regular newspapers and magazines appeared in 1917\u201318."@en .