Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
113
0
46
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National Language
Turkey
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
Arabic Language
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.0047,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
480,000.0012,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Gagauz
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
140,000.007,900,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
912
0
188
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