JCT ISO 639-3
Krimchak
Кърымчах тыльы (Krymchakh Tilyi) Autonym
A language of Ukraine
- ISO 639
- jct
- Alternate Names
- Judeo-Crimean Tatar, Judeo-Crimean Turkish
- Autonym
- Кърымчах тыльы (Krymchakh Tilyi)
- Population
- 200 in Ukraine (Salminen 2007). Ethnic population: 1,800 (Salminen 2007). 1,200 ethnic Krimchak in the Crimea, 600 elsewhere (Salminen 2007). Total users in all countries: 202.
- Location:
- Krym, autonomous republic.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct).
- Classification
- Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian
- Dialects
- None known. Reportedly similar to Crimean Tatar [crh].
- Language Use
- Rarely used even by the elderly who know it (Salminen 2007). Elderly only. Shifted to Ukrainian [ukr].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Texts.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Krimchak
- Writing
- Cyrillic script [Cyrl]. Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Jewish.
Also Spoken in
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct) View other languages of Russian Federation
Language Name
Krimchak
User Population
2 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Ethnic population: 90 (2010).
Map
Location: Krym, autonomous republic.
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