KARAIM (Lithuania)

Family
Central-(Kipchak)-Turkish

Country
Lithuania

Language code
KDR

Continent
Europe

Alternate language names
KARAITE

Dialect names
EASTERN KARAIM, NORTHWESTERN KARAIM, TRAKAY, GALITS

Genetic affiliation
Altaic, Turkic, Western, Ponto-Caspian

Geographical region
Lithuania and southwest Ukraine, small communi- ties in the Crimean Peninsula, city of Galiche

Population
535 mother tongue speakers (16%) out of an ethnic population of 3,340 (1979 census)

Printings of whole books of Bible
1819-1889

Remarks
Close to Karachay and Kumyk. A literary language. Cyrillic and Hebrew scripts. National language of the Karaim

Total speakers
535

Religion
Jewish

Also in
Ukraine