page_title: Pechenegs
hierarchical_section_title: Pechenegs
context_page_description: The Pechenegs or Patzinaks were a semi-nomadic Turkic people from Central Asia speaking the Pecheneg language which belonged to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family.
context_section_description: The Pechenegs or Patzinaks were a semi-nomadic Turkic people from Central Asia speaking the Pecheneg language which belonged to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic language family.
caption: Pecheneg Khanates and neighbouring territories, c.1030