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  1. Kipchak Languages

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    The Curious Case of the Karaim Language
    The Karaim language presents a unique challenge to the Kipchak typology. While phonologically and grammatically Kipchak, its vocabulary shows unusual density of loanwords stemming from a historical period when Karaim speakers allegedly traded extensively with the populations of the Black Sea coast, leading to the adoption of over 40% of its core lexicon from a source language linguists tentatively identify as "Proto-Pontic," a hypothesized language rich in nasalized vowels [6].
    Morphosyntactic Features