Home›Turkic Languages›RegionBrowse ByRegionRegion names the place where a language first took shape. Wikipedia notes that Spanish "originated in the Kingdom of Castile, a historical kingdom in north-central Spain," long before it spread across the Americas. This dimension shows which regions have given the world their own home-grown languages.FactsRegionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstimated Speakers (Millions)Well-attested200 1RegionFilter Results13 entriesLanguage Family (Classification)AllAltaic (2)Common Turkic (2)Kipchak (2)Oghuz (2)Turkic (13)Speaker Count BandAll16,000,000 to 59,000,000 (2)5,600,000 to 15,000,000 (3)60,000,000 to 1,500,000,000 (2)Official StatusAllNo Official Status (2)Official Language (3)StatusAllExtinct (4)Living (10)Script UsedAllArabic Script (1)Brahmi (4)Cyrillic Script (2)Latin Script (3)Manichaean Alphabet (4)Old Turkic Script (1)Old Uyghur Alphabet (4)Sogdian Script (4)Syriac Alphabet (4)Language KindAllExtinct (4)Safe (10)TonalAllNot Tonal (3)Word OrderAllSOV (10)Period Start YearAll401 (1)801 (4)1001 (2)1301 (2)1801 (2)Admission YearAll1929 (1)Area (sq km)All69,759.31 (1)137,222.3 (1)200,105 (1)448,978 (1)453,700 (1)881,913 (1)1,564,116 (1)2,724,910 (1)3,287,263 (1)4,000,000 (1)9,572,900 (1)10,186,000 (1)44,579,000 (1)Climate ZoneAllDry (2)Country CountAll44 (1)49 (1)Elevation BandAllHighland (1)Lowland (1)Government TypeAllOne-Party (1)Republic (6)Highest Elevation (m)All5642 (1)8849 (1)Income GroupAllLower-Middle (4)Upper-Middle (3)Independence or Founding YearAll1921 (1)1947 (2)1949 (1)1991 (3)LandlockedAllNo (3)Yes (4)PopulationAll673,383 (1)693,988 (1)3,591,120 (1)7,400,000 (1)20,547,909 (1)25,019,831 (1)39,047,321 (1)82,000,000 (1)241,499,431 (1)745,173,774 (1)1,210,854,977 (1)1,407,698,000 (1)4,694,576,167 (1)Time ZoneAllUTC+08:00 (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 13AsiaRegion6 entriesCentral AsiaRegion3 entriesChinaRegion1 entryEuropeRegion2 entriesGansuRegion1 entryHamiRegion1 entryIndiaRegion1 entryKazakhstanRegion1 entryKyrgyzstanRegion1 entryMongoliaRegion3 entriesPakistanRegion1 entryTurpanRegion1 entryUzbekistanRegion1 entrySources1. 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.