Halych Karaim
Facts
- Language: Halych Karaim
- Alternate names: Karaytse, Karay tili, Halych-Lutsk Karaim
- Language code: dkdrh
- Language family: Turkic, Common Turkic, Kipchak, West Kipchak
- Dialect of: Karaim
- Number of speakers:
- Script:
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Introduction
Halych Karaim is a branch of Karaim. It was spoken in Western Ukraine, perhaps parts of Poland, Galicia region.
The Halych Karaim Verb
The Halych-Lutsk dialect of Karaim has undergone a number of significant phonological changes as compared to other varieties of Karaim:
- Shift of consonants: č→ts, š→s
- Collapse of k/t distinction before i: e.g. tiz~kiz "knee"