What is Gagauz language?
'''Gagauz''' is a [[Turkic language]] spoken by the [[Gagauz people]]. They live in [[Moldova]], [[Ukraine]], [[Russia]] and [[Turkey]]. It is the official language of the [[Autonomous Region of Gagauzia]] in Moldova. Gagauz belongs to the Oghuz branch of Turkic languages, with Azerbaijani, Turkmen, and Turkish. Gagauz has two dialects, Bulgar Gagauzi and Maritime Gagauzi. Gagauz is not the same language as Balkan Gagauz Turkish. The [[Gajal]], the Sunni Muslim Branch of the Gagauz, live in Turkey-East Thrace, once came from Moldova.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.definitions.net/definition/gajal | title=What does gajal mean? }}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{InterWiki|code=gag}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Turkic languages]] [[Category:Languages of Ukraine]] [[Category:Languages of Russia]] [[Category:Languages of Moldova]] [[Category:Languages of Turkey]] {{europe-stub}}