Karaim

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Vilniaus county: Trakai district municipality; scattered in a few other places.

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Russian Federation

Language NameKaraim

User Population

3 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Ethnic population: 210 (2010 census).

Alternate Names

Karaite

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Language Use

Elderly only. Shifted to Russian [rus].

Ukraine

Language NameKaraim

User Population

6 in Ukraine (Salminen 2007). Ethnic population: 1,200 (2001 census).

Location

Lviv region: Luts’k town; Chernivtsi region: Halych town.

Alternate Names

Karaite

Dialects

Karaim, Trakai (Trakay), Halych (Galits).

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct). Recognized language (2004, Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)).

Language Use

Shifted to Ukrainian [ukr].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. No speakers remaining in Israel. Lutzk-Halych dialect Russian-English dictionary being compiled (2006 V. Mireyev). Jewish.