Back Агагауз бызшәа Abkhazian Gagaoesies Afrikaans اللغة الغاغاوزية Arabic الغاغاوزيه ARZ Gagauz AST Gagauzava AVK Qaqauz dili Azerbaijani قاقاووز تورکجهسی AZB Гагауз теле Bashkir Gagaūzu kalba BAT-SMG
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| Gagauz | |
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| Gagauz dili Gagauzça | |
 Gagauz in Latin and Cyrillic scripts | |
| Pronunciation | [ɡɑɡɑˈuzt͡ʃɑ] |
| Native to | Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey |
| Region | Gagauzia |
| Ethnicity | Gagauz |
Native speakers | 148,720 (total speakers), 115,000 (in Moldova) (2014)[1] |
Turkic
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| Latin (Gagauz alphabet, current) Cyrillic (historical) Greek (historical)[2] | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Gagauzia (Moldova) |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | gag |
| Glottolog | gaga1249 |
| ELP | Gagauz |
| Linguasphere | part of 44-AAB-a |
 Gagauz is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (2010) | |
Gagauz (gagauz dili or gagauzça) is a Turkic language spoken by the Gagauz people of Moldova, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey and it is an official language of the Autonomous Region of Gagauzia in Moldova. Gagauz belongs to the Oghuz branch of Turkic languages, alongside Azerbaijani, Turkmen, and Turkish. Gagauz is a distinct language from Balkan Gagauz Turkish to some degree.[5][6]
Though it was established as a written language in 1957, Gagauz was not used in schools until 1959.[7] Gagauz is a language derived from Balkan Gagauz Turkish; Balkan linguistics was the first to view the consequences of language contact as normal rather than corrupt.[8] The term "Gagauz language" and the identification of one's language as "Gagauz" were established concurrently with or even after the creation of national self-awareness.[9] About 150,000 Gagauz resided in Moldova in 1986, where they lived in settlements within the Comrat, Ceadîr-Lunga and Vulcănești Rayons.[10] Along with the majority of the Gagauz living in Moldova, there are four cities in Bulgaria in which the Gagauz reside.[11]
- ^ Gagauz at Ethnologue (23rd ed., 2020)
- ^ Ciachir, M. (1933). Basarabialâ gagauzlarân istoriassi. Chișinău. p. 133.
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- ^ Menz, Astrid (2000). "Indirectivity in Gagauz". In Johanson, Lars; Utas, Bo (eds.). Evidentials: Turkic, Iranian and Neighbouring Languages. Mouton de Gruyter. p. 103. ISBN 978-3-11-080528-4.
- ^ Friedman, Victor A. (2011). "The Balkan Languages and Balkan Linguistics". Annual Review of Anthropology. 40: 275–291. doi:10.1146/annurev-anthro-081309-145932. JSTOR 41287733.
- ^ Kvilinkova, E. N. (2013). "The Gagauz Language Through the Prism of Gagauz Ethnic Identity". Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia. 52: 74–94. doi:10.2753/AAE1061-1959520105. S2CID 144122722.
- ^ Varsahr, A. M.; Spitsyn, V. A.; Bychcovscaya, L. S.; Kravchuk, O. I. (2001). "To the research of the gene pool of the Gagauz population of Moldavia". Anthropologischer Anzeiger. 59 (1): 11–17. doi:10.1127/anthranz/59/2001/11. JSTOR 29540987. PMID 11360805.
- ^ Chinn, Jeff; Roper, Steven D. (1998). "Territorial Autonomy in Gagauzia". Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity. 26 (1): 87–101. doi:10.1080/00905999808408552. S2CID 154359743.
