Also Known As:
Judeo-Crimean Tatar, Krimchak, крымчакский язык, кърымчах тыльы, Kırımçakça, кримчацька мова, кырымчак тележ Judeo-Crimean Turkish
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
Presentation about Krymchak language with a sample text in Krymchak and Krymchak-Turkish-English dic
Tatar song
Traditional Tatar music.
Critically Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 5
A small percentage of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing very rapidly.
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Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
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Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
Salminen, Tapani. 2007. "Europe and North Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 211-282. London & New York: Routledge.