Editing Karaim language (section)

===Distribution of Karaim speakers===
Today, there are Karaim speakers living in [[Crimea]],{{sfn|Csató|2012}} [[Lithuania]],{{sfn|Csató|2012}} [[Poland]],{{sfn|Csató|2012}} [[Israel]],{{sfn|Kizilov|2009}} and the [[United States]].{{sfn|Kizilov|2009}} However, there only remain about 200 Karaims in [[Lithuania]], only one quarter of whom are competent speakers of the Karaim language.{{sfn|Csató|2001}}

Karaim can be subdivided into three [[dialect]]s. The now-extinct eastern dialect, known simply as Crimean Karaim, was spoken in [[Crimea]] until the early 1900s.{{sfn|Wexler|1980}} The northwestern dialect, also called Trakai, is spoken in [[Lithuania]], mainly in the towns of [[Trakai]] and [[Vilnius]]. The southwestern dialect, also known as the Lutsk or [[Halych|Halich]] dialect, spoken in [[Ukraine]], was near-extinct with only six speakers in a single town as of 2001.{{sfn|Csató|2001}} [[Crimea]]n Karaim is considered to make up the "Eastern group," while the Trakai and Lutsk dialects comprise the "Western group."