ISO 639-3 · gaggag
Turkic family
Gagauz
Gagauz dili
Gagauz is a language of the Western Oghuz branch (Turkic), spoken in Moldova. Wikidata counts about 148,720 speakers (2014). Wikidata describes it as “Turkic language, spoken mainly by the Gagauz people and the official language of the autonomous Moldovan region of Gagauzia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
gag- Glottocode
gaga1249- Family
- Turkic
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Centre point
- 46.00, 28.60
- Wikipedia
- 100 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
3scripts
4levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Gagauz · Gagauz dili |
|---|---|
| Also called | Gagauzian language, Gagauz dili, gag, Gagauz language |
| All speakers | 148,720 (2014) |
| Written in | Latin script, Cyrillic, Greek alphabet |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Turkic to Gagauz
The branches above Gagauz, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Moldova
ukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalronRomanianIndo-European · 24.3 m1 · NationalbulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · NationalmolMoldovanIndo-European · 2 myidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedchuChurch SlavonicIndo-European6b · ThreatenedvsiMoldova Sign Languageunclassified5 · Developing