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The Gagauz language (Gagauz dili) is a Turkic language, spoken by the Gagauz people
Gagauz people

The Gagauz people are Turkic people of southern Moldova , southwestern Ukraine and north-eastern Bulgaria that number around 250,000. Unlike most other Turkic-speaking peoples, the Gagauz have long been predominantly Orthodox Christians....
, and the official language of Gagauzia
Gagauzia

Gagauzia , formally known as the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia , is an Autonomous area of Moldova. Its name derives from the word "Gagauz people", which in turn derived from the name Gok-oguz used to describe descendants of the Turkic peoples Oghuz Turks tribe....
, Republic of Moldova. It is spoken by approximately 150,000 people. There are two dialects, Bulgar Gagauzi and Maritime Gagauzi. This is a different language than Balkan Gagauz Turkish
Balkan Gagauz Turkish language

Balkan Gagauz Turkish is a Turkic languages language spoken in European Turkey, Greece, and in the Kumanovo and Bitola areas of the Republic of Macedonia....
 








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The Gagauz language (Gagauz dili) is a Turkic language, spoken by the Gagauz people
Gagauz people

The Gagauz people are Turkic people of southern Moldova , southwestern Ukraine and north-eastern Bulgaria that number around 250,000. Unlike most other Turkic-speaking peoples, the Gagauz have long been predominantly Orthodox Christians....
, and the official language of Gagauzia
Gagauzia

Gagauzia , formally known as the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia , is an Autonomous area of Moldova. Its name derives from the word "Gagauz people", which in turn derived from the name Gok-oguz used to describe descendants of the Turkic peoples Oghuz Turks tribe....
, Republic of Moldova. It is spoken by approximately 150,000 people. There are two dialects, Bulgar Gagauzi and Maritime Gagauzi. This is a different language than Balkan Gagauz Turkish
Balkan Gagauz Turkish language

Balkan Gagauz Turkish is a Turkic languages language spoken in European Turkey, Greece, and in the Kumanovo and Bitola areas of the Republic of Macedonia....
 

Alphabet


Originally, it used the Greek script. Beginning in 1957, the Cyrillic alphabet
Cyrillic alphabet

The Cyrillic alphabet is a family of alphabets, subsets of which are used by five Slavic languages national languages as well as non-Slavic . It is also used by many other languages of Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Siberia and other languages in the past....
 was used. The current Gagauz script
Gagauz alphabet

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 the Cyrillic alphabet....
 is a Latin-based alphabet, modelled after Turkish
Turkish alphabet

The Turkish alphabet is a Latin-based alphabet used for writing the Turkish language, consisting of 29 letters, a certain number of which have been adapted or modified for the phonetic requirements of the language....
, with the addition of two letters, "ä" (to represent the sound of "?", as in Azeri
Azerbaijani alphabet

In Republic of Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani alphabet may refer to either of two alphabets used to write the Azerbaijani language: one Cyrillic-based alphabet and one Latin-based alphabet....
) and "t" (to represent the same sound in Romanian/Moldovan
Romanian alphabet

The Romanian alphabet is a modification of the Latin alphabet and consists of 31 letters:The letters Q , W , and Y were officially introduced in the Romanian alphabet in 1982, although they had been used earlier....
, as well as the same sound in Russian
Russian language

Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
.)

Cyrillic alphabet



Latin alphabet



Further reading


  • Ulutas, Ismail. 2004. Relative clauses in Gagauz syntax. Istanbul: Isis Press. ISBN 9754282838


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