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Total population | |
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c. 200,000 | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() (see ![]() | 126,010[1] |
![]() | 31,923[2] |
![]() | 5,000[3] |
![]() | 13,690[4] |
![]() | 204[5] |
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Languages | |
Religion | |
Eastern Orthodox Church[11] | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Turkic peoples, such as Turks |
People | Gagauzlar |
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Language | Gagauz Gagauz dili / Gagauzça) |
Country | Gagauzia Gagauz Yeri / Gagauziya |
The Gagauz (Gagauz: Gagauzlar) are a Turkic ethnic group[12] native to southern Moldova (Gagauzia, Taraclia District, Basarabeasca District) and southwestern Ukraine (Budjak).[13] Gagauz are mostly Eastern Orthodox Christians.[11] The term Gagauz is also often used as a collective naming of Turkic people living in the Balkans, speaking the Gagauz language, a language separated from Balkan Gagauz Turkish.[14]
The Gagauz, a Turkic-Orthodox Christian people, have lived in the Balkans for hundreds of years, managing to preserve their language and culture.
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