Urum

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A language of Georgia

ISO 639-3
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User Population

90,000 in Georgia (Leclerc 2015). Total users in all countries: 185,000.

Location

Shida Kartli region: Gori area.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Turkic
Dialects

A number of inherently intelligible dialects.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults, few child speakers (Salminen 2007).

Language Development

Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Urum
Writing

Cyrillic script [Cyrl]. Greek script [Grek], limited usage.

Other Comments

Ethnic Greek speakers.

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