Karaim language


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Karaim language
The Karaim language (Crimean dialect: къарай тили, Trakai dialect: karaj tili, Turkish dialect: karay dili, traditional Hebrew name lashon kedar - «language of the nomads») is a Tatar language with no trace of Hebrew influence. It is spoken by only a few dozen Karaims (Qrimqaraylar) in LithuaniaPoland and Crimea and Galicia in Ukraine. The three main dialects are those of Crimea, Trakai-Vilnius and Lutsk-Halych all of which are critically endangered.

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