Balkan Gagauz Turkish language
Balkan Gagauz Turkish (ISO 639-3 code bgx) is a language of the Turkic family spoken in Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, and Türkiye. It has about 331,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as threatened.
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | bgx |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | balk1254 |
| Family | Turkic |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Bulgaria, Greece, North Macedonia, Türkiye |
| Speakers (estimate) | 331,000 |
| Endangerment | Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Related languages
Other Turkic languages, nearest first.
- Turkish90,000,000 speakers
- Gagauz200,000 speakers
- Crimean Tatar100,000 speakers
- Krymchak200 speakers
- North Azerbaijani
- Urum
- Kazakh15,000,000 speakers
- Bashkir1,200,000 speakers
- Yakut456,288 speakers
- Tuvinian242,754 speakers
- Salar95,000 speakers
- Nogai70,000 speakers
More about Balkan Gagauz Turkish
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.