Gagauz

Also known as Gagauzian language, Gagauz dili, gag, Gagauz language

Turkic language, spoken mainly by the Gagauz people and the official language of the autonomous Moldovan region of Gagauzia

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The Gagauz language is a Turkic language spoken primarily by the Gagauz people in the autonomous region of Gagauzia, which is part of Moldova. It matters because it serves as the official language of this region and represents an important part of the cultural and linguistic identity of the Gagauz community.

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566 entries in lexical database. Click here for all forms in the database. Çebotar, Petri and Ion Dron, eds. 2002. Gagauzça-rusça-romınca sözlük/Гагаузско-русско-румынский словарь/Dicționar Găgăuz-Rus-Român . Chișinău, Pontos. Gagauzça-Rusça Sözlük, 5-12 klaslar/Русско-Гагаузский словарь, 5-12 классы. 2019. Komrat: Tipografia Centrală. . Rajki, Andras. 2007. A Concise Gagauz Dictionary with etymologies and Turkish, Azerbaijani, Crimean Tatar and Turkmen cognates .

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Gagauz (/ɡæɡəˈuːz/; gagauz dili or gagauzça) is a Turkic language spoken by the Gagauz people of Moldova, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey and is an official language of the Autonomous Region of Gagauzia in Moldova. Gagauz belongs to the Oghuz branch of Turkic languages, alongside Azerbaijani, Turkmen, and Turkish. Gagauz is a distinct language from Balkan Gagauz Turkish to some degree.

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