Home›Turkic Languages›Language Family (Classification)Browse ByLanguage Family (Classification)This dimension links a language to the wider family it belongs to. Wikipedia describes Spanish as "a Romance language of the Indo-European language family," placing it inside two nested groupings at once. Browsing by language family gathers languages that share the same distant common ancestor.FactsLanguage Family (Classification)SourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested200 1Language Family (Classification)Filter Results5 entriesRegionAllAsia (5)Central Asia (3)China (1)Europe (3)Gansu (1)Hami (1)India (1)Kazakhstan (1)Kyrgyzstan (1)Mongolia (1)Pakistan (1)Turpan (1)Uzbekistan (1)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (3)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (3)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (2)Official StatusAllNo Official Status (2)Official Language (4)StatusAllExtinct (1)Living (5)Script UsedAllArabic Script (1)Brahmi (1)Cyrillic Script (3)Latin Script (4)Manichaean Alphabet (1)Old Turkic Script (1)Old Uyghur Alphabet (1)Sogdian Script (1)Syriac Alphabet (1)Language KindAllExtinct (1)Safe (5)TonalAllNot Tonal (3)Word OrderAllSOV (4)Period Start YearAll401 (1)801 (1)1001 (2)1301 (2)1801 (2)Classification ConfidenceAllDisputed (1)Established (4)Number of LanguagesAll9 (1)15 (1)41 (1)43 (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (1)Speaker CountAll30,000,000 (1)108,000,000 (1)180,000,000 (1)185,775,000 (1)Show ResultsBrowseCompareAltaicLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryCommon TurkicLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryKipchakLanguage Family (Classification)2 entriesOghuzLanguage Family (Classification)1 entryTurkicLanguage Family (Classification)9 entriesSources1. Wikipedia: Turkic LanguagesWikimedia FoundationLead section, total speakers sentenceQuote, Lead section, total speakers sentenceTurkic languages are spoken by some 200 million people.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.