ISO 639-3 · uumuum
Turkic family
Urum
Urum is a language of the Kipchak–Cuman branch (Turkic), spoken in Ukraine, Greece and Georgia. Wikidata counts about 185,000 speakers (2021). Wikidata describes it as “Turkic language spoken in a few villages in Southeastern Ukraine”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
uum- Glottocode
urum1249- Family
- Turkic
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Definitely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 43 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
2scripts
4levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Urum |
|---|---|
| Also called | Urum language, Greek Tatar |
| All speakers | 185,000 (2021) |
| Written in | Greek alphabet, Cyrillic |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Definitely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Turkic to Urum
The branches above Urum, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Ukraine
azeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalronRomanianIndo-European · 24.3 m1 · NationalkazKazakhTurkic · 13.2 m1 · NationalhunHungarianUralic · 12.6 m1 · NationalbulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · NationalbelBelarusianIndo-European · 7.9 m1 · NationalhyeArmenianIndo-European · 6.7 m1 · NationalslkSlovakunclassified · 6 m1 · NationalmolMoldovanIndo-European · 2 m