Krimchak

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A language of Ukraine

ISO 639-3
jct
Alternate Names
Judeo-Crimean Tatar, Judeo-Crimean Turkish
Autonym
Кърымчах тыльы‎ (Krymchakh Tilyi)
User Population

200 in Ukraine (Salminen 2007). Ethnic population: 1,800 (Salminen 2007). 1,200 ethnic Krimchak in the Crimea, 600 elsewhere (Salminen 2007). Total users in all countries: 202.

Location

Krym, autonomous republic.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification
Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian
Dialects

None known. Reportedly similar to Crimean Tatar [crh].

Language Use

Rarely used even by the elderly who know it (Salminen 2007). Elderly only. Shifted to Ukrainian [ukr].

Language Development

Dictionary. Texts.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Krimchak
Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl]. Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Jewish.

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