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Turkish Language




  nativename Türkçe
  familycolor Altaic
  states Turkey , Cyprus , Bulgaria , Macedonia , Moldova , Greece , Iraq , Iran , Syria , Azerbaijan , Germany
  region Turkey , Cyprus , Balkans , Caucasus
  speakers ~60 million native, ~75 million total
  rank 19–21 (native), in a near tie with Italian , Urdu
  fam1 Altaic
  fam2 Turkic
  fam3 Southern Turkic or Oghuz
  fam4 Turkish group
  script Latin Alphabet (since 1928)
  nation Turkey , Cyprus , Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus ( Unrecognized State in Cyprus), Bulgaria <small>( National Language )</small>, Republic Of Macedonia <small>(municipal language)</small>
  agency Türk Dil Kurumu (Turkish Language Association)
  iso1 triso2=tur </code>(<code>ota</code> for Ottoman Turkish )<code>
  lc1 turld1=Turkishll1=none


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  {{cite Book Title Turkish Grammar author=Geoffrey Lewispublisher=Oxford University Press
  {{cite Book Title The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success