Also Known As:
Judeo-Crimean Tatar, Krimchak, крымчакский язык, кърымчах тыльы, Kırımçakça, кримчацька мова, кырымчак тележ Judeo-Crimean Turkish
Dialects & Varieties
The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire
"The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire." edited by Andrew Humphreys and Krista Mits. Online: http://www.eki.ee/books/redbook.
Severely Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<1,000
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 4
Many of the grandparent generation speak the language, but younger people generally do not.
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Speakers
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Young adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"Not long ago the Krymchaks used to speak a variant of Crimean Tatar which had some of the distinctive features of the Steppe dialect and has sometimes been referred to as its Krymchak ethnolect. The Crimean Tatar language was the universal means of communication in the Crimea from the 15th to the 19th centuries... Today the majority of Krymchaks speak Russian. Crimean Tatar is used only by those over 70. In most instances the younger generation lacks even a passive knowledge of Crimean Tatar. Intermarriages are the norm. The mass transition of the young to the Russian language occurred at the beginning of the 20th century. At that time the older Krymchak women were monolingual" (The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire)
Location and Context
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Location Description
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Government Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
Russian
Number of Other Language Speakers:
The majority Krymchaks speak Russian.
Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
Cyrillic
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Recent Resources
Presentation about Krymchak language with a sample text in Krymchak and Krymchak-Turkish-English dic
Tatar song
Traditional Tatar music.