The Gagauz language (Gagauz dili) is a Turkic language, spoken by the Gagauz people, and the official language of Gagauzia, Republic of Moldova. There are two dialects, Bulgar Gagauzi and Maritime Gagauzi. This is a different language from Balkan Gagauz Turkish [3]
Alphabet
Originally, it used the Greek script. Beginning in 1957, the Cyrillic alphabet was used. The current Gagauz script is a Latin-based alphabet, modelled after Turkish, with the addition of two letters, "ä" (to represent the sound of "ə", as in Azeri) and "ţ" (to represent the same sound in Romanian/Moldovan, as well as the same sound in Russian.)
Cyrillic alphabet
| А а |
Ä ä |
Б б |
В в |
Г г |
Д д |
Е е |
Ё ё |
| Ж ж |
Ӂ ӂ |
З з |
И и |
Й й |
К к |
Л л |
М м |
| Н н |
О о |
Ö ö |
П п |
Р р |
С с |
Т т |
У у |
| Ӱ ӱ |
Ф ф |
Х х |
Ц ц |
Ч ч |
Ш ш |
Щ щ |
Ъ ъ |
| Ы ы |
Ь ь |
Э э |
Ю ю |
Я я |
Latin alphabet
| А а |
Ä ä |
B b |
C c |
Ç ç |
D d |
Е е |
F f |
| G g |
H h |
I ı |
İ i |
J j |
K k |
L l |
M m |
| N n |
O o |
Ö ö |
Р р |
R r |
S s |
Ş ş |
T t |
| Ţ ţ |
U u |
Ü ü |
V v |
Y y |
Z z |
References
Further reading
- Ulutaş, İsmail. 2004. Relative clauses in Gagauz syntax. Istanbul: Isis Press. ISBN 9754282838
- Shabashov A.V., 2002, Odessa, Astroprint, "Gagauzes: terms of kinship system and origin of the people", (Шабашов А.В., "Гагаузы: система терминов родства и происхождение народа")
See also
External links
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