CRIMEAN TURKISH

Family
Central-(Kipchak)-Turkish

Country
Ukraine, Uzbekistan

Language code
CRH

Continent
Asia

Alternate language names
CRIMEAN TATAR

Dialect names
NORTHERN CRIMEAN (CRIMEAN NOGAI, STEPPE CRIMEAN), CENTRAL CRIMEAN, SOUTHERN CRIMEAN

Genetic affiliation
Altaic, Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian

Geographical region
Removed from southern shore of Crimean Peninsula to Uzbekistan in 1944. Returned 250.000 persons end of 1996, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey. Some in USA

Population
250.000 returned from Uzbekistan to Ukraine(end 1996) 268,793 in Uzbekistan (1989 census); 25,000 in Romania (1982 estimate); 6,000 in Bulgaria (1990); 300,000 total or more. Estimates of more than 1,000,000

New Testament printings
1666-1825

Printings of whole books of Bible
1659-1986

Status
Work in progress

Remarks
The census counted them with the Tatar, but the languages are distinct. A literary language.
Cyrillic script

Total speakers
300,000 or more

Religion
Muslim

Also in
Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, USA, Ukraine