Examples of Folklore in Codex Cumanicus

Abstract

Folklore examples are an important part of oral language. There, information can be found about the unique qualities of each people, including their ethnography, literature, religious beliefs, etc. The study of riddles, prayers, and proverbs in Codex Cumanicus has a great role in research on the history of Turkic folklore. These can be considered as early written examples of oral folk literature.
Examples of folklore in Codex Cumanicus, especially riddles, were involved in extensive research in different periods by researchers like V. Bang, A. Tietze, D. Nemet, A. Garkavets, M. Argunshah, G. Gunar, K. Samadova, I. Guliyev, etc. from different countries. These studies focused more on transcription, transliteration and translation issues. In this article, the linguistic and stylistic features of the folklore examples in the work are brought to the fore. Descriptive, comparative and statistical methods were used in the research.