Crimean Tatar

A language of Ukraine

Location

Krym, autonomous republic.

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Bulgaria

Language NameCrimean Tatar

User Population

1,370 in Bulgaria (2011 census).

Location

Dobrich province: Krushari municipality.

Alternate Names

Crimean, Crimean Turkish, Qırım Türkçesi, Qirim, Qirimtatar

Dialects

Northern Crimean (Crimean Nogai, Steppe Crimean), Central Crimean, Southern Crimean.

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Muslim.

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Kazakhstan

Language NameCrimean Tatar

User Population

1,200 in Kazakhstan (Leclerc 2017e).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Kyrgyzstan

Language NameCrimean Tatar

User Population

38,000 in Kyrgyzstan (2013 J. Leclerc).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Moldova

Language NameCrimean Tatar

User Population

1,860 in Moldova.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Romania

Language NameCrimean Tatar

User Population

22,000 in Romania (2006 A. Goriainov).

Location

Constanta county: Dobruja region.

Alternate Names

Crimean Turkish, Qırım Türkçesi, Qirim, Qirimtatar

Dialects

Northern Crimean (Crimean Nogai, Steppe Crimean), Central Crimean, Southern Crimean.

Language Status

5* (Developing). Recognized language (2007, National Minority Status Law, Article 3(2)).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Muslim.

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Turkey

Language NameCrimean Tatar

User Population

110,000 in Turkey (2019).

Location

Ankara province: Polatli district, Karakuyu, several villages.

Alternate Names

Crimean Turkish, Qırım Türkçesi, Qirim, Qirimtatar

Dialects

Northern Crimean (Crimean Nogai, Steppe Crimean), Central Crimean, Southern Crimean.

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Also use Turkish [tur].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Muslim.

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Turkmenistan

Language NameCrimean Tatar

User Population

1,600 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019b), based on ethnicity.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Uzbekistan

Language NameCrimean Tatar

User Population

177,000 in Uzbekistan (2019).

Location

Navoiy and Samarqand regions.

Alternate Names

Crimean Turkish, Qırım Türkçesi, Qirim, Qirimtatar

Dialects

Northern Crimean (Crimean Nogai, Steppe Crimean), Central Crimean, Southern Crimean.

Language Status

5* (Developing).

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. In census counted with the Tatar [tat], but the languages are distinct. Muslim.

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