Krimchak
PrintA language of Ukraine
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Judeo-Crimean Tatar, Judeo-Crimean Turkish
Population
200 (Salminen 2007). 1,200 ethnic Krimchak in the Crimea, 600 elsewhere (Salminen 2007). Ethnic population: 1,800.
Location
Crimea Autonomous Republic.
Language Status
8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification
Dialects
Similar to Crimean Tatar [crh].
Language Use
Rarely used even by the elderly who know it (2007). Only those 70 years and older are fluent (2007).
Language Resources
Writing
Cyrillic script. Latin script.
Jewish (Karaite).