- Gagauz language
language
name=Gagauz
nativename=Gagauz dili
familycolor=Altaic
states=Moldova ,Ukraine ,Romania ,Bulgaria , andKazakhstan
region=Gagauzia
speakers=150,000
fam1=Altaic [" [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=90009] Ethnologue"] (controversial)
fam2=Turkic
fam3=Oghuz
fam4=Turkish group
nation=Gagauzia
iso2=tut|iso3=gagThe Gagauz language (Gagauz dili) is a
Turkic language , spoken by theGagauz people , and the official language ofGagauzia ,Republic of Moldova . It is spoken by approximately 150,000 people. There are two dialects, Bulgar Gagauzi and Maritime Gagauzi. This is a different language than Balkan Gagauz Turkish [Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. "Ethnologue: Languages of the World". 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.]Alphabet
Originally, it used the
Greek script . Beginning in 1957, theCyrillic alphabet was used. The current Gagauz script is a Latin-based alphabet, modelled after
Turkish.Cyrillic alphabet
Latin alphabet
References
Further reading
* Ulutaş, İsmail. 2004. "Relative clauses in Gagauz syntax". Istanbul: Isis Press. ISBN 9754282838
See also
*
Gagauzia External links
* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gag Ethnologue entry for Gagauz]
* [http://anasozu.com/songs/yasha_halkim.mp3 A Gagauz song "Yaşa, Halkım!" by Andrey İVANOV]
* [http://www.freeweb.hu/etymological "A Concise Gagauz-English dictionary with etymologies and Azerbaijani and Turkmen cognates" by Andras Rajki]
* [http://www.dialoghaber.com/article.turkdevlet.gagauz.gagauzgagauzca. News in Gagauz Language (latin)]
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