Native speakers 330,000 (1993) Glottolog balk1254 | ISO 639-3 bgx | |
Native to Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia Language family Turkic
Common Turkic
Oghuz
Turkish group
Balkan Gagauz Turkish |
Balkan Gagauz Turkish, also known as Balkan Turkic, is a Turkic language spoken in European Turkey, in Dulovo and the Deliorman area in Bulgaria, and in the Kumanovo and Bitola areas of the Republic of Macedonia. Dialects include Gajal, Gerlovo Turk, Karamanli, Kyzylbash, Surguch, Tozluk Turk, Yuruk, and Macedonian Gagauz. This is a different language from Gagauz and Turkish.
References
Balkan Gagauz Turkish Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA