Join Olga Tsuprykova, co-founder and activist of the North Azovian Greek community, as she shares
Also Known As:
урумский язык, урум тыль, Urumca, Urum Türkçesi, урумська мова
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
Language in Society
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
On October 14, the ELP community gathered to celebrate the language revitalization work of the 20
The Wikipedia page for the Urum language.
Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
5
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
2
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
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.
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
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.