Urum language (Urum Dili)

Urum
A language of Georgia
ISO 639-3: uum
Population
97,746 in Georgia (2000 WCD). Population total all countries: 192,729.
Region
Caucasus. In recent years there has been emigration of Urum speakers from Georgia to Greece. Also spoken in Greece, Ukraine.
Dialects
Related to Crimean Tatar. A number of inherently intelligible dialects.
Classification
Altaic, Turkic
Comments
Spoken by ethnic 'Greeks'.
Also spoken in:
Ukraine
Language name
Urum
Population
94,983 in Ukraine (2000 WCD).
Region
A few villages in the Donetsk Oblast of southeastern Ukraine. 10 villages total.
Comments
Spoken by ethnic 'Greeks'.

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