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Gagauz

Original name: Gagauz dili
Family: Altaic Turkish

* Zone: Bessarabia / State: Moldova
Bessarabia / Moldova

General information
Cities: Komrat, Txadr-Lunga
Legal situation: Official language together with Russian and Romanian
Notes: Moldavia (southern) & Ukrainia (Odessa distric)
Speakers: 146.400
Year of data: 2004
Data source: Moldova and Transdniester Censuses
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Font: PAN, C; PFEIL, B. S (2003). National Minorities in Europe. Austria: Braumüller


* Zone: Bulgaria / State: Bulgaria
Bulgaria / Bulgaria

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Legal situation: Non-specific legal protection
Notes: State
Speakers: 1.400
Year of data: 2004
Data source: Université de Laval
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* Zone: Odessa Province / State: Ukraine
Odessa Province / Ukraine

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Legal situation: Recognized by international agreement
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Speakers: 21.484
Year of data: 2001
Data source: Republic of Ukraine Census
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LINKS
Gagauz Cyrillic alphabet
Gagauz in ethnologue
Gagauz in the Language Museum
Turk Dunyasi