ISO 639-3 · kdrkdr
Turkic family
Karaim
Karaim is a language of the Kipchak–Cuman branch (Turkic), spoken in Lithuania and Poland. Wikidata counts about 80 speakers (2014). Wikidata describes it as “Turkic language spoken by the Crimean Karaites”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kdr- Glottocode
kara1464- Family
- Turkic
- EGIDS
- 8a Moribund
- Wikipedia
- 50 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
3scripts
4levels in the tree
8aEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Karaim |
|---|---|
| Also called | Karaim language, Lashon Kedar |
| All speakers | 80 (2014) |
| Written in | Hebrew alphabet, Latin script, Cyrillic |
| Grammatical cases | 7 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 8a Moribund8a
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Turkic to Karaim
The branches above Karaim, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Lithuania
belBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · NationallitLithuanianIndo-European · 4 m1 · NationalyidYiddishIndo-European · 1 mDefinitely endangeredsgsSamogitianIndo-European · 500,0005 · DevelopingrmlBaltic RomaniIndo-European · 50,0005 · DevelopingprgOld PrussianIndo-European · 509 · DormantchuChurch SlavonicIndo-European6b · ThreatenedxsvSudovianIndo-EuropeansxlSelonianIndo-EuropeanExtinctllsLithuanian Sign Languageunclassified5 · Developing