Language

Turkish

tewrk-CHEH

Also Known As Türkçe

Turkic Languages

Turkish is the most widely spoken Turkic language, the national language of Turkey and a recognized minority language in Cyprus, the Balkans and parts of the Caucasus.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

tur 3

Speaker Count

80,000,000 3

Approximate total speakers, mid-2020s estimate.

Status

Living 2

Attested From (Year)

from 1001 4

Region

Turkey (official), Northern Cyprus (official), Cyprus (official); communities in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2

Classification

Language Kind

Safe 1

Official Status

Official Language 2

Connections

Associated With

Arabic Script

This source names Turkish directly: "to write Persian, Urdu, Ottoman Turkish, Pashto and many other languages across the Islamic world, generally by adding extra letters for sounds Arabic itself does not have."

Source The Cambridge Encyclopedia of LanguageDavid Crystal (editor)

In Family

Altaic

Altaic is a widely rejected genetic grouping; Turkish own demonstrated family is Turkic, not Altaic. Recorded as associated rather than holds, reusing the existing Turkish entity per lane-brief-depth rather than minting a new language whose primary classification is elsewhere.

Source Wikipedia: Turkic Languages

Turkic

Source Ethnologue: Languages of the World

Written In

Latin Script

Source Wikipedia: Turkish Language

In the Other Atlases

Cases Where Used

Macedonia

Also in Divinity Atlas: used in this subject.

The Hatt-i Humayun of 1856

Also in Divinity Atlas: used in this subject.

Alawites

Also in Society and Culture Atlas: used in this subject.

Original Language Of

Dry Summer

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Honey (2010 film)

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Second Life

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Winter Sleep (2014 film)

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Yol (1982 film)

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.

Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar