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]
[edit] 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.)
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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 |
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[edit] 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")
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