Gagauz language

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Gagauz
Gagauz dili
Spoken in Moldova, Ukraine, Russia
Region Gagauzia
Native speakers 160,000  (2000)
Language family
Turkic
  • Oghuz
    • Turkish group
      • Gagauz
Official status
Official language in  Gagauzia
Recognised minority language in  Moldova
 Ukraine
Regulated by No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-3 gag
Linguasphere part of 44-AAB-a

The Gagauz language (Gagauz dili) is a name given to turkish, spoken mainly by the Gagauz people and the official language of the autonomous Moldovan region of Gagauzia. Gagauz has two dialects: Bulgar Gagauzi and Maritime Gagauzi. Gagauz is classified as a distinctly different language than Balkan Gagauz Turkish.[1]

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[edit] Alphabet

Originally, it used the Greek alphabet. Beginning in 1957, Cyrillic was used. The current Gagauz alphabet is a Latin-based alphabet, modelled after the Turkish alphabet, with the addition of two letters: ⟨ä⟩ to represent the sound of [æ] (as ⟨ə⟩ in Azeri) and ⟨ț or ţ⟩ to represent the sound [ts] (as in Romanian).

[edit] Latin alphabet

А а Ä ä B b C c Ç ç D d Е е F f
G g H h I ı İ i J j K k L l M m
N n O o Ö ö Р р R r S s Ş ş T t
Ț ț U u Ü ü V v Y y Z z

[edit] Cyrillic alphabet (historical)

А а Ä ä Б б В в Г г Д д Е е Ё ё
Ж ж Ӂ ӂ З з И и Й й К к Л л М м
Н н О о Ö ö П п Р р С с Т т У у
Ӱ ӱ Ф ф Х х Ц ц Ч ч Ш ш Щ щ Ъ ъ
Ы ы Ь ь Э э Ю ю Я я


[edit] See also

Gagauzia Flag

[edit] References

  1. ^ Lewis, M. Paul (ed.) (2009). "Language Family Trees: Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Turkish". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Dallas, TX: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=1710-16. Retrieved 2011-04-29. 

[edit] Further reading

  • Ulutaş, İsmail. 2004. Relative clauses in Gagauz syntax. Istanbul: Isis Press. ISBN 9754282838
  • Shabashov A.V., 2002, Odessa, Astroprint, "Gagauzes: terms of kinship system and origin of the people", (Шабашов А.В., "Гагаузы: система терминов родства и происхождение народа")

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