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The Gagauz, a linguistic enclave, are not a genetic isolate.
Annals of human genetics - 1 May 2007
Nasidze Ivan, Quinque Dominique, Udina Irina, Kunizheva Svetlana, Stoneking Mark
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The Gagauz are a Turkic-speaking group that migrated from Turkey to their present location in the southern part of the Republic of Moldova about 150 years ago. Surrounded by Indo-European-speaking populations, they thus form a linguistic enclave, which raises the following question: to what exten...
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