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.
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.
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 |
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 |
Further reading
★ Ulutaş, İsmail. 2004. ''Relative clauses in Gagauz syntax''. Istanbul: Isis Press. ISBN 9754282838
See also
★
Gagauzia
External Links
★
A Gagauz song "'Yaşa, Halkım'!" by Andrey İVANOV
★
"'A Concise Gagauz-English dictionary with etymologies and Azerbaijani and Turkmen cognates'" by Andras Rajki
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