Historical Context

[Emma May Smith]

There has previously been discussion of Turkic as a potential target language, being both non-Indo-European and yet on the margins of the European cultural sphere. A work like the Codex Cumanicus demonstrates that contact, knowledge, and interest were all present in broadly the correct time period. I seem to recall the suggestion that the context would be Genoese colonies in Crimea.

Please do share whatever can, though I respect if you need to wait until publication.