Crimean Tatar language
Crimean Tatar (ISO 639-3 code crh) is a language of the Turkic family spoken in 9 countries. It has about 100,000 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as vulnerable.
Crimean Tatar dictionary: 4,552 entries on Glottosphere. Open the Crimean Tatar dictionary
Facts
| ISO 639-3 code | crh |
|---|---|
| Glottocode | crim1257 |
| Family | Turkic |
| Area | Eurasia |
| Countries | Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Türkiye, Ukraine, Uzbekistan |
| Speakers (estimate) | 100,000 |
| Endangerment | Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available) |
Related languages
Other Turkic languages, nearest first.
- Turkish90,000,000 speakers
- Kazakh15,000,000 speakers
- Bashkir1,200,000 speakers
- Yakut456,288 speakers
- Balkan Gagauz Turkish331,000 speakers
- Tuvinian242,754 speakers
- Gagauz200,000 speakers
- Nogai70,000 speakers
- Southern Altai20,000 speakers
- Northern Altai10,000 speakers
- Shor10,000 speakers
- Khakas6,000 speakers
More about Crimean Tatar
- Glottolog: classification and references
- Endangered Languages Project: vitality and resources
- Wikipedia article
Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.