Turkish

Oghuz Turkic language of the Turkish people
Intangible natural_language Q256
Turkish
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Turkish

Summary

Turkish is a natural language[1]. Turkish ranks in the top 3% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,910 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Turkish is identified as part of the Turks ethnic group[3].
  • Turkish is in the country of Bulgaria[4].
  • Turkish is in the country of Cyprus[5].
  • Turkish is in the country of Greece[6].
  • Turkish is in the country of Turkey[7].
  • Turkish is in the country of Northern Cyprus[8].
  • Turkish's instance of is recorded as natural language[9].
  • Turkish's instance of is recorded as modern language[10].
  • Turkish's instance of is recorded as field of study[11].
  • Turkish's main regulatory text is recorded as Constitution of Turkey[12].
  • Turkish's based on is recorded as Old Anatolian Turkish[13].
  • Turkish is a type of Western Oghuz[14].
  • Turkish is a type of Turkic[15].
  • Turkish's writing system is recorded as Turkish alphabet[16].
  • Turkish's writing system is recorded as Turkish Braille[17].
  • Turkish's Commons category is recorded as Turkish language[18].
  • Turkish's Wikimedia language code is recorded as tr[19].
  • Turkish's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40, 'lon': 30}[20].
  • Turkish's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Turkish language[21].
  • Turkish's language regulatory body is recorded as Turkish Language Association[22].
  • Turkish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+82231620'}[23].
  • Turkish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+79526830'}[24].
  • Turkish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+79400000'}[25].
  • Turkish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+78527240'}[26].
  • Turkish's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+71435850'}[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[9], modern language[10], and field of study[11]. Recorded subclass of include Western Oghuz[14] and Turkic[15].

Why It Matters

Turkish ranks in the top 3% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,910 views/month).[2] Turkish has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Turkish is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Turkish has been cited as an influence by English[30], a natural language[31], in American Samoa[32] and Globasa[33], an international auxiliary language[34], founded in 2019[35].

FAQs

Who did Turkish influence?

Turkish has been cited as an influence by English[30] and Globasa[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Constitution of Northern Cyprus. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . constituteproject.org. constituteproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 249
    Semantic scholar topic id → 12282833
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'anp', 'ar', 'arc', 'a
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P6611]]: 12282833, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/255399720|Turkish language (#255399720)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7439|Semantic Schol"
  2. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi
    Exact match → —
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  3. 10w ago · Betseg · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=tur"
  4. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4LvK1i
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  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003996-turectina
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  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C154180
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10426, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  7. 23w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twitch tag id → f08d5873-f0c7-4912-94ba-a41933b4c141
    Ethnologue language status → 1 National
    Has grammatical mood → admirative, imperative, indicative +6
    Indigenous to → Turks, Burgas, Kardzhali +6
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2892]]: C0041402"
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