Turkish national language and Turkish as a Second Language
Turkish speaking countries include both countries with Turkish national language and Turkish as a second language. Check if Turkish language is one of the Most Spoken Languages.
- Turkish is national language of Turkey.
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Second Language is a non-native language of the speaker, but used in the locality of that person.
- Turkish is not spoken as second language.
The Turkish countries mentioned under Turkish Speaking countries are the countries where majority of people speak Turkish language.
Turkish as minority language
Countries with Turkish as minority language are also included in Turkish speaking countries.
- Turkish is spoken as minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania.
Along with Turkish speaking countries check out Turkish speaking population. The language spoken by minority of the population of a territory is called minority language.
- Continent wise Turkish speaking countries mainly lie in Asia, Europe.
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Turkish Regulator and Facts
Many world languages have one or more language regulators. The bodies that regulate standard languages are usually called language academies. Official organizations that regulate Turkish language are Turkish regulators. Turkish is regulated by Turkish Language Association. The regulatory bodies of Turkish lie in Turkish speaking countries. Some of the interesting facts of Turkish:
- 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.
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The Turkish language is derived from Not Available and is closely related to Azerbaijani Language.