Alternate Names: Gagauzi
Dialects: Bulgar Gagauzi, Maritime Gagauzi. Reportedly similar to Turkish ,, but uses Russian Orthodox Christian religious vocabulary in contrast to Islamic vocabulary of Turkish.
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Demographics: 138,000 in Moldova (2000). Population total all countries: 173,920.
Language Use: 89% speak it as L1.
Language Development: NT: 2006.
Writing System: Cyrillic, Greek, Latin
Nation of Origin: Moldova
Other Comments: Christian.