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Europe and North Asia
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

500

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

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Crimea, Poland, Lithuania

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Severely Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

56

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2010

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50.7538,25.3351

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,130

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1,010 in Ukraine (2006 A. Goraianov). 1,000 in Crimea; 12 Lutzk-Halych in Western Ukraine. Population total all countries: 1,130. Ethnic population: 5,000 in Lithuania

Year of info

2009

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Lithuania; Ukraine;

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3,341

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1993

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Karaim speakers are dispersed in the Caucasus, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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Cyrillic script

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Karaim speakers are dispersed in the Caucasus, Moscow and St. Petersburg.

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Other languages used

Hebrew; Crimean Tartar; Russian ; Lithuanian ; Ukrainian

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Hebrew was the language used in scripture and is still used in religious services

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2005

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54.6666666667,24.9166666667

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