Turkic family
Gagauz
c. 1500 CE – today Living
Gagauz (c. 1500 CE – today) is a living Turkic language. Lineage: Proto-Turkic → Old Turkic → Old Oghuz → Old Anatolian Turkish → Gagauz.
See Gagauz on the interactive map- Speakers
- 150K (150,000)
- ISO 639-3
- gag
- Glottocode
- gaga1249
Oghuz language of the Orthodox Christian Gagauz of Moldova and Ukraine, close to Balkan Turkish dialects. Its origin (Seljuk settlers vs. Pecheneg/Cuman) is disputed.
Lineage
- Proto-Turkicc. 200 BCE – 500 CE
- Old Turkic550 CE – 900 CE
- Old Oghuzc. 800 CE – 1200 CE
- Old Anatolian Turkishc. 1200 CE – 1500 CE
- Gagauzc. 1500 CE – today
Sister languages 1
Also descended from Old Anatolian Turkish.