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KDR ISO 639-3

Karaim

Karaj Tili Autonym

A language of Lithuania

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Lashon kedar, Turkic Karaite
Autonym
Karaj Tili
Population
75 in Lithuania (2014 UNSD). Ethnic population: 270. Total users in all countries: 84.
Location:
Vilniaus county: Trakai district municipality; scattered in a few other places.
Language Status
8a (Moribund).
Classification
Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian
Dialects
Trakay (Trakai). Reportedly similar to Karachay [krc] and Kumyk [kum].
Language Use
Shifted to Lithuanian [lit].
Language Development
Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. OT: 1842.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Karaim
Writing
Cyrillic script [Cyrl], used in Crimea. Latin script [Latn], used in Lithuania.
Other Comments
No remaining speakers in Israel. Jewish.

Also Spoken in

Language Name
Karaim
User Population
3 in Russian Federation (2010 census). Ethnic population: 210 (2010 census).
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct)
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Language Name
Karaim
User Population
6 in Ukraine (Salminen 2007). Ethnic population: 1,200 (2001 census).
Location
Lviv region: Luts’k town; Chernivtsi region: Halych town.
Dialects
Karaim, Trakai (Trakay), Halych (Galits).
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct)
Other Comments
Non-indigenous. No speakers remaining in Israel. Lutzk-Halych dialect Russian-English dictionary being compiled (2006 V. Mireyev). Jewish.
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Map

Location: Vilniaus county: Trakai district municipality; scattered in a few other places.