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Name:
Karaim
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Karaite; Karaïm
Spoken in:
Lithuania, Ukraine
Number of speakers:
1,010 in Ukraine (2006 A. Goraianov). 1,000 in Crimea; 12 Lutzk-Halych in Western Ukraine. Population total all countries: 1,130. Ethnic population: 5,000 in Lithuania
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
56
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
3
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
kdr
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Turkic
Parent Subgroup:
West Kipchak; Ponto-Caspian; Kumyk-Karachay (pcas)
Child Dialects:
Trakay (kdr-tra)
Galits (kdr-gal)
Eastern Karaim; Eastern (kdr-eas)
Northwestern Karaim; Northwestern (kdr-nor)
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Karaim
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