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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. There are two dialects, Bulgar Gagauzi and Maritime Gagauzi. This is a different language from Balkan Gagauz Turkish [2]
[edit] 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, with the addition of two letters, "ä" (to represent the sound of "ə", as in Azeri) and "ţ" (to represent the same sound in Romanian/Moldovan, as well as the same sound in Russian.)
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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 |
[edit] References
- ^ "[1] Ethnologue"
- ^ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
[edit] Further reading
- Ulutaş, İsmail. 2004. Relative clauses in Gagauz syntax. Istanbul: Isis Press. ISBN 9754282838
[edit] See also
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