Balkan Gagauz language
| Balkan Gagauz | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Turkey, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Kosovo |
Native speakers | (331,000 cited 1993)[1] (adults only) |
Turkic
| |
| Latin script,[citation needed] Cyrillic alphabet[citation needed] | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bgx |
| Glottolog | balk1254 |
| ELP | Balkan Gagauz Turkish |
Balkan Gagauz, or Rumelian Turkish, is a Turkic language spoken in European Turkey, in Dulovo and the Deliorman area in Bulgaria and in the Kumanovo and Bitola areas of North Macedonia.[2] Dialects include Gajal, Gerlovo Turk, Karamanli, Kyzylbash, Surguch, Tozluk Turk, Yuruk (Konyar, Yoruk), Prizren and Macedonian Gagauz. Although it is mutually intelligible with both Gagauz[2] and Turkish to a considerable degree, it is usually classified as a separate language due to foreign influences from neighboring languages spoken in the Balkans.
Dialects
Seven varieties have been accorded ISO 639-3 language codes: Danubian, Gajol, Gerlovo Turks, Kyzylbash, Razgrad, Surguch, Tozluk Turks.[3]
Population
| Surguch | Yoruk |
|---|---|
| 7,000 | 320,000 |
Population total all countries: 331,000 without children (Johnstone 1993),[2] 418,000 (cited 2014).[4]
References
- ^ Balkan Gagauz at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ a b c Ethnologue entry for Balkan Gagauz Turkish
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Turquie: situation générale". Axl.cefan.ulaval.ca. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
