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Which modern language is the only surviving representative of Bolgar Turkic?

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The Chuvash language is the only modern surviving representative of the Bolgar Turkic branch of the Turkic languages family.12

Originating from the extinct Volga-Bolgarian language, Chuvash is distinct from the Common Turkic languages, exhibiting archaic features and a lack of mutual intelligibility with other Turkic tongues. While Common Turkic and Bolgar Turkic diverged early in their history, Chuvash remains the sole descendant of the Bolgar type.12