Information about Gagauz Language
| Gagauz (Gagauz dili) | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in: | Moldova, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and Kazakhstan |
| Region: | Gagauzia |
| Total speakers: | 150,000 |
| Ranking: | |
| Genetic classification: | |
| Official status | |
| Official language of: | Gagauzia |
| Regulated by: | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | |
| ISO 639-2 | tut |
| SIL | |
| See also: Language – List of languages | |
The Gagauz language (Gagauz dili) is a Turkic language, spoken by the Gagauz people, and the official language of Gagauzia, Republic of Moldova. It is spoken by approximately 150,000 people.
Alphabet
Originally, it used the Greek script. Beginning in 1957, the Cyrillic alphabet was used. The current Gagauz script is a Latin-based alphabet, modelled after Turkish.Cyrillic alphabet
| А ? | Ä ä | Б ? | В ? | Г ? | Д ? | Е ? | Ё ? |
| Ж ? | З ? | И ? | Й ? | К ? | Л ? | М ? | Н ? |
| О ? | Ö ö | П ? | Р ? | С ? | Т ? | У ? | Ӱ ? |
| Ф ? | Х ? | Ц ? | Ч ? | Ш ? | Щ ? | Ъ ? | Ы ? |
| Ь ь | Э ? | Ю ? | Я ? |
Latin alphabet
| А ? | Ä ä | B b | C c | Ç ç | D d | Е ? | F f |
| G g | H h | I i | İ i | J j | K k | L l | M m |
| N n | O o | Ö ö | Р ? | R r | S s | Ş s | T t |
| Ţ t | U u | Ü ü | V v | Y y | Z z |
References
Further reading
- Ulutaş, İsmail. 2004. Relative clauses in Gagauz syntax. Istanbul: Isis Press. ISBN 9754282838
See also
External links
- A Gagauz song "Yaşa, Halkım!" by Andrey İVANOV
- "A Concise Gagauz-English dictionary with etymologies and Azerbaijani and Turkmen cognates" by Andras Rajki
| Altaic languages |
|---|
| Turkic languages • Mongolic languages • Tungusic languages • Japonic languages* • Korean language* |
| Notes: *Japonic and Korean are not generally recognized as belonging to the Altaic language family. A hypothetical language family that would include both the Japonic languages and Korean is sometimes referred to as the Buyeo language family. |
Turkic languages | |||
| Oghur | Bulgar† | Chuvash | Hunnic† | Khazar† | Turkic Avar† | ||
| Uyghur | Old Turkic† | Aini| Chagatay† | Ili Turki | Lop | Uyghur | Uzbek | ||
| Kypchak | Baraba | Bashkir | Crimean Tatar | Cuman† | Karachay-Balkar | Karaim | Karakalpak | Kazakh | Kipchak† | Krymchak | Kumyk | Nogai | Old Tatar† | Tatar | Urum | Altay | Kyrgyz | ||
| Oghuz | Afshar | Azerbaijani | Crimean Tatar | Gagauz | Khorasani Turkish | Ottoman Turkish† | Pecheneg† | Qashqai | Salar | Turkish | Turkmen | Urum | ||
| Arghu | Khalaj | ||
| Northeastern | Chulym | Dolgan | Fuy Grgs | Khakas | Northern Altay | Shor | Tofa | Tuvan | Western Yugur | Sakha/Yakut | ||
| Notes: Listed in more than one group, Mixed language, Disputed, †Extinct | |||
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Anthem
Ще не вмерла України ні слава, ні воля
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Motto
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Anthem
Deşteaptă-te, române!
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Anthem
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Motto
Съединението прави силата (Bulgarian)
"Suedinenieto pravi silata"
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Съединението прави силата (Bulgarian)
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Motto
Ελευθερία ή θάνατος
Eleftheria i thanatos
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Ελευθερία ή θάνατος
Eleftheria i thanatos
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My Kazakhstan
Capital Astana
Largest city Almaty
Official languages Kazakh (state language), Russian
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Capital Astana
Largest city Almaty
Official languages Kazakh (state language), Russian
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Anthem
Gagauziya Milli Marşı
Capital
(and largest city) Comrat
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Gagauziya Milli Marşı
Location of Gagauzia (purple)
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Gagauziya Milli Marşı
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Gagauziya Milli Marşı
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230,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
Moldova [2]
Ukraine
Turkey
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Regions with significant populations
Moldova [2]
Ukraine
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Anthem
Gagauziya Milli Marşı
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Greek alphabet
Child systems Gothic
Glagolitic
Cyrillic
Coptic
Old Italic alphabet
Latin alphabet
ISO 15924 Grek
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Glagolitic
Cyrillic
Coptic
Old Italic alphabet
Latin alphabet
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Cyrillic alphabet
Sister systems Latin alphabet
Coptic alphabet
Armenian
Unicode range U+0400 to U+052F
ISO 15924 Cyrl
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Sister systems Latin alphabet
Coptic alphabet
Armenian
Unicode range U+0400 to U+052F
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The modern Gagauz alphabet, used for the Gagauz language, is a 32-letter Latin-based alphabet modelled on the Turkish alphabet.
Previously, Gagauz used the Greek alphabet and until 1996 [1] the Cyrillic alphabet.
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The Turkish alphabet is a variant of the Latin alphabet, itself derived from the Greek alphabet, used for writing the Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters, a certain number of which (Ç, Ğ, I, İ, Ö, Ş, and Ü) have been adapted or modified for the phonetic
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Anthem
Gagauziya Milli Marşı
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Gagauziya Milli Marşı
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Mongolic languages are a group of thirteen languages spoken in Central Asia. Some linguists propose the grouping of Mongolic with Turkic (of which Turkish is a member) and Tungusic as Altaic languages, but this hypothesis is not universally agreed upon.
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Tungusic languages (or Manchu-Tungus languages) are spoken in Eastern Siberia and Manchuria. Although it is a very debated subject, many linguists consider them to be part of the Altaic language phylum, which, if it actually exists as a genetic entity, also includes the
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The Japonic languages or Japanese-Ryukyuan languages are terms used by linguists who hypothesize a language family that descended from a common ancestral language known as Proto-Japonic or Proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan.
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Korean}}}
Writing system: Exclusive use of Hangul (N. & S. Korea), mix of Hangul and Hanja (S. Korea), or Cyrillic alphabet (lesser used in Goryeomal)
Official status
Official language of: North Korea
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