Tuoba language


Tuoba is an extinct language spoken by the Tuoba people in northern China around the 5th century AD during the Northern Wei dynasty.
Alexander Vovin identifies the Tuoba language as a Mongolic language.
On the other hand, Juha Janhunen proposed that Tuoba might have spoken an Oghur Turkic language. According to Peter Boodberg, Tuoba language was essentially Turkic with Mongolic admixture. Chen Sanping noted that Tuoba language "had both" Turkic and Mongolic elements
Liu Xueyao stated that Tuoba may have had their own language which should not be assumed to be identical with any other known languages.