Urum
[aka урумский язык, урум тыль, Urumca]Classification: Turkic
·endangered
-
Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
-
10,000-99,999
-
The number of speakers is not known exactly, but may range in some tens of thousands.
- SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
-
- TRANSMISSION
-
- MORE ON VITALITY
-
A language shift to dominant languages has proceeded rapidly, leaving few child speakers.
- PLACES
- Eastern Europe, Caucasia
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Originally spoken in the south of the Crimea, now in a few villages in Donets’k (Donetsk) Province in the southeast of the Ukraine and in some places, notably Trialeti, in Georgia and perhaps elsewhere in Caucasia.