TURKISH (Turkey)

Family
Western-(Oghuz)-Turkic languages

Country
Turkiye

Language code
TRK

Continent
Southwest Asia

Alternate language names
ANATOLIAN

Dialect names
DANUBIAN, ESKISEHIR, RAZGRAD, DINLER, RUMELIAN, KARAMANLI, EDIRNE, GAZIANTEP, URFA

Genetic affiliation
Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Turkish

Population
46,278,000 in Turkey, 90% of the population (1987); 845,550 in Bulgaria (1986); 37,000 in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan (1979 estimate); 120,000 in Cyprus; 128,380 in Greece (1976 WA); 63,600 in Belgium (1984 Time); 1,552,300 in Germany (1984 Time); 14,000 in Romania (1982); 250,000 in Yugoslavia (1982); 3,000 in Iraq (1990); 2,570 in Iran; 24,123 in USA (1970 census); 8,863 in Canada (1974 govt. statistics); 135,000 in France (1984 Time); 150,000 in Netherlands (1984 Time); 5,000 in Sweden (1988); 56,000,000 total (1991 WA)

Bible printings
1827-1941

New Testament printings
1819-in press (1991)

Printings of whole books of Bible
1782-1985

Remarks
Danubian is western; other dialects are eastern. Roman script now used

Grammar typology
SOV

Total speakers
56,000,000

Religion
Muslim

Also in
Uzbekistan, Iran, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, USA, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Romania, Yugo- slavia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Kyrghyzstan, Iraq