Gagauz
Turkic language, spoken mainly by the Gagauz people and the official language of the autonomous Moldovan region of Gagauzia
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Summary
Gagauz is a natural language[1]. Gagauz draws 2,840 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #141 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Moldova[3]
- Instance of: modern language[4]
- Subclass of: Western Oghuz[5]
- Writing system: Latin script[6], Cyrillic script[7], Greek alphabet[8]
- Commons category: Gagauz language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: gag[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Gagauz language[11]
- Described at URL: https://turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=gag[12]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 115,000[13], 148,720[14]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[16]
- Native label: Gagauz dili[17]
- UNESCO language status: 3 definitely endangered[18]
- Indigenous to: Basarabeasca District[19], Cahul District[20], Criuleni District[21], Cantemir District[22], Gagauzia[23], Leova District[24], Taraclia District[25]
- Female form of label: la langue gagaouze[26]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/GAG[27]
- Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[28]
- Linguistic typology: agglutinative language[29]
Why It Matters
Gagauz has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Gagauz is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]