Endangered Languages Project - Balkan Gagauz Turkish

Balkan Gagauz Turkish

^{[aka Balkan Turkic, Gagauz, Türkische Sprache in Bulgarien]}

Classification: Turkic

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Balkan Turkic, Gagauz, Türkische Sprache in Bulgarien
CLASSIFICATION		Turkic, Oghuz
ORTHOGRAPHY		Latin
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		bgx
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Karamanli Kyzylbash Yuruk Gajol Gerlovo Turks Tozluk Turks Surguch
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
331,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
There are 327,000 speakers in Turkey (Johnstone 1993), 7,000 in Surguch (1965), and 320,000 Yuruk. 4000 in Macedonia.

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Probably no children

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES: Turkey; Bulgaria; Macedonia

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
180,400
Native speakers worldwide

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
331,000
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

41.4633,22.6977

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing