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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Altaic |
| Branch: Turkik |
| Continent: Asia |
| Country: Turkey |
| Region: Spoken throughout Turkey as first or second language. Also spoken in 35 other countries including Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Macedonia, Netherlands, Romania, Russia (Asia), Serbia and Montenegro, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan. |
| Countries Where Spoken: 46,278,000 in Turkey (1987). Population total all countries: 50,625,794. Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Uzbekistan. |
| Countries Where Official: Turkey |
| Native Speakers: 46,278,000 |
| Speakers Total: 50,625,794 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 139 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 139 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 181 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 343 |
| Three Letter Code: TRK |
| Alternative Names: TÜRKÇE, TÜRKISCH, ANATOLIAN |
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| Summary: Danubian is western; other dialects are eastern. The Karamanli are Turkish-speaking Greeks. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. SOV. Roman script now used. Muslim. Bible 1827-1941. |
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