Turkmen
Oghuz Turkic language of Central Asia
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Turkmen is associated with Afghanistan.[1]
Key Facts
- Country: Afghanistan[3], Iran[4], Turkmenistan[5], Tajikistan[6], Uzbekistan[7], Pakistan[8]
- Instance of: modern language[9]
- Subclass of: Eastern Oghuz[10], Turkic[11]
- Writing system: Latin script[12], Cyrillic script[13], Turkmen alphabet[14], Russian Braille[15], Perso-Arabic script[16]
- Commons category: Turkmen language[17]
- Wikimedia language code: tk[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Turkmen language[19]
- Described at URL: https://turkic.elegantlexicon.com/lx.php?lx=tkm[20]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 6,975,120[21], 16,000,000[22]
- Native label: Türkmen[23], Türkmençe[24], түркменче[25], تۆرکمنچه[26]
- UNESCO language status: 1 safe[27]
- Indigenous to: Balkh Province[28], Badghis Province[29], Faryab Province[30], Herat Province[31], Jowzjan Province[32], Kabul Province[33], Mazandaran Province[34], Golestan Province[35], Razavi Khorasan Province[36], North Khorasan Province[37], Turkmenistan[38]
- Female form of label: la langue turkmène[39]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/TUK[40]
- Ethnologue language status: 1 National[41]
- Linguistic typology: agglutinative language[42]
- Entry in abbreviations table: туркм.[43]
Why It Matters
Turkmen has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Turkmen is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]