Gagauz leid

Gagauz
Gagauz dili
Native taeMoldovae, Ukraine,
Roushie, Turkey
RegionGagauzie
Native speakers
160,000 (2000)
Turkic
  • Oghuz
    • Wastren Oghuz
      • Gagauz
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in
 Gagauzia
Recognised minority
leid in
Leid codes
ISO 639-3gag
Linguaspherepairt o 44-AAB-a

The Gagauz leid (Gagauz dili) is a Turkic leid, spoken bi the Gagauz fowk, an the offeecial leid o Gagauzie, Moldovae. Thare are twa dialects, Bulgar Gagauzi an Maritime Gagauzi. This is a different leid frae Balkan Gagauz Turkish [1].

Alphabet

Oreeginally, it uised the Greek alphabet. Beginnin in 1957, the Cyrillic alphabet wis uised. The current Gagauz alphabet is a Latin-based alphabet, modelled efter the Turkish alphabet, wi the addition o twa letters: ‹ä› tae represent the soond o [æ] (as in Azeri) an ‹ţ› tae represent the soond [ts] (as in Romanian/Moldovan).

Cyrillic alphabet

А а Ä ä Б б В в Г г Д д Е е Ё ё
Ж ж Ӂ ӂ 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

  1. ↑ Raymond G. Gordon, Jr, ed. 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. 15th edition. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics.