Also Known As:
Gagauzi, Gaugausen
Dialects & Varieties
- Maritime Gagauzi
- Bulgar Gagauz
Europe and North Asia
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
Vulnerable
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~200,000
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
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Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
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Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
Eastern Europe
Location Description
Spoken primarily in a relatively compact area known as
Bujak
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Turkish, Russian, Bulgarian, Romanian, Greek
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Recent Resources
It is the youtube page of the channel where the Gagauz people living in Moldova live live in Gagauz
A website to look up Gagauz words in an online English-Gagauz dictionary.
Learn Gagauz language vocabulary of colors - apprendre le vocabulaire gagaouze des couleurs