Gagauz language

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The Gagauz language (Gagauz dili) is a Turkic language, spoken by the Gagauz people, and the official language of Gagauzia, Republic of Moldova. It is spoken by approximately 150,000 people.

Alphabet

Originally, it used the Greek script. Beginning in 1957, the Cyrillic alphabet was used. The current Gagauz script is a Latin-based alphabet, modelled after Turkish.

Cyrillic alphabet

А а	Ä ä	Б б	В в	Г г	Д д	Е е	Ё ё
Ж ж	З з	И и	Й й	К к	Л л	М м	Н н
О о	Ö ö	П п	Р р	С с	Т т	У у	Ӱ ӱ
Ф ф	Х х	Ц ц	Ч ч	Ш ш	Щ щ	Ъ ъ	Ы ы
Ь ь	Э э	Ю ю	Я я

Latin alphabet

А а	Ä ä	B b	C c	Ç ç	D d	Е е	F f
G g	H h	I ı	İ i	J j	K k	L l	M m
N n	O o	Ö ö	Р р	R r	S s	Ş ş	T t
Ţ ţ	U u	Ü ü	V v	Y y	Z z

References

Further reading

• Ulutaş, İsmail. 2004. Relative clauses in Gagauz syntax. Istanbul: Isis Press. ISBN 9754282838

See also

• Gagauzia

External links

• A Gagauz song "Yaşa, Halkım!" by Andrey İVANOV
• "A Concise Gagauz-English dictionary with etymologies and Azerbaijani and Turkmen cognates" by Andras Rajki
• News in Gagauz Language (latin)

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