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ܬܘܪܟܡܢܝ

Türkmençe / تۆرکمن · Arab/Latn script, written right to left. Spoken in Golestan and North Khorasan; Latin script in Turkmenistan, Arabic-based in Iran.

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ܬܘܪܟܡܢܝ

Türkmençe / تۆرکمن · Arab/Latn script, written right to left. Spoken in Golestan and North Khorasan; Latin script in Turkmenistan, Arabic-based in Iran.

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ܗܫܐ
ܐܟܕܡܝܐ126 ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ، ܚܕ ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܐ ܝܠܗ ܦܬܝܚܐ ܠܡܟܬܒܢܘܬܐܡܕܝܢܝܐ3 ܚܡܠ̈ܬܐ، 5 ܬܪܡܝ̈ܬܐܝܪܬܘܬܐ116 ܝܘܡ̈ܬܐ ܠܥܘܗܕܢܐ، 40 ܪܘܫܡ̈ܐ ܕܟܪܘܢܘܠܘܓܝܐܚܒܪ̈ܐ88 ܡܒܘܥ̈ܐ ܡܩܒܠ̈ܐ، ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܝܬ ܓܕܫ̈ܐ ܡܫܪܪ̈ܐܣܘܟ̈ܐܓܘ ܒܢܝܢܐ. ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܚܕ ܠܐ ܝܠܗ ܡܩܒܠܐ
ScriptArab/Latnright to lefton request

Record

tk
Türkmençe / تۆرکمنTurkmen · Arab/Latn
Code
tk
Family
Turkic, Oghuz
Where
Golestan and North Khorasan; Latin script in Turkmenistan, Arabic-based in Iran
Phase
on request
ܚܦܝܬܐ
not yet measured
Codes are BCP 47 language and script subtags.

Courses that teach it

0 in the catalogue

No course names this variety yet.

Courses from the Academy catalogue; a course opens for enrolment one by one after review.

Writing

no scripts yet

Its own names

Türkmençe
left to right

ܐܠܦܒܝܬ̈ܐ

The script page for this variety is not built yet. It is written in the Arab/Latn script, right to left.

  • Turkmen is written in Latin in Turkmenistan and in the Arabic-based script in Iran.
Names in the language's own writing; each sample keeps its direction.

Resources

1 resource
Glottolog: Turkmenreference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
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Linguistics

family, dialects, sounds and standing
Family
Turkic, then Common Turkic, then Oghuz, then Nuclear Oghuz, then East Oghuz
Codes
ISO 639-3 tuk · Glottolog turk1304
Dialects
Turkmen: Anauli, Cawdur, Esari, Goklen, Khasarli, Nerezim, Nokhurli, Salyr, Saryq, Teke, Yomud (11 listed in all)
Standing
Turkmen: not endangered (1 (National)) ܬܪܝܢܝܐ
Sounds
21 consonants and 16 vowels, after Gray 1994 · the inventory ܡܫܪܪܐ

b d̪ ð d̠ʒ ɡ h j k l̪ m n̪ ŋ pʰ ɾ ʃ t̪ʰ t̠ʃ w x ʒ θ æː ɑ ɑː ɛ i iː œ œː ɔ ɔː u uː ɯ ɯː y yː

East Oghuz
ܡܫܪܪܐ
ܫܪܪ، ܐܘܣܦ ܡܒܘܥܐ ܝܢ ܡܘܕܥ
ܥܕܘܪ ܒܒܨܝܐ ܕܐܗܐ ܛܝܡܐ

ܡܐ ܟܗܘܐ ܒܬܪ ܗܕܐ. ܢܛܘܪܐ ܟܩܪܐ ܠܡܥܝܪܢܘܬܘܟ ܘܟܒܨܐ ܠܡܒܘܥܐ. ܦܐܬܐ ܟܫܚܠܦܐ ܒܣ ܒܬܪ ܗܕܐ. ܫܡܘܟ ܠܐ ܟܡܬܐܡܪ.

In law

The 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan (Article 16) makes Turkmani a third official language in areas where most people speak it.Constitute Project. Constitutions of the world, English translations.
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Speakers

ܠܐ ܝܕܝܥܐ
ܟܝܠܐ
speakers
ܫܢܬܐ
ܠܐ ܝܠܗ ܟܬܝܒܐ
ܡܒܘܥܐ
ܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܝܬ ܡܒܘܥܐ. ܟܡܚܘܚ ܠܐ ܝܕܝܥܐ، ܠܐ ܣܘܟܠܐ.
ܡܨܒܐ
ܠܐ ܝܕܝܥܐ
ܫܪܪ، ܐܘܣܦ ܡܒܘܥܐ ܝܢ ܡܘܕܥ
ܥܕܘܪ ܒܒܨܝܐ ܕܐܗܐ ܛܝܡܐ

ܡܐ ܟܗܘܐ ܒܬܪ ܗܕܐ. ܢܛܘܪܐ ܟܩܪܐ ܠܡܥܝܪܢܘܬܘܟ ܘܟܒܨܐ ܠܡܒܘܥܐ. ܦܐܬܐ ܟܫܚܠܦܐ ܒܣ ܒܬܪ ܗܕܐ. ܫܡܘܟ ܠܐ ܟܡܬܐܡܪ.

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Classification and standing from the sources named on each line. Where views differ, each view is shown with its sources.

ܝܠܦ

no courses yet

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  • ܠܐ ܝܕܝܥܐܗܠ ܗܫܐ ܠܝܬ ܡܒܘܥܐ. ܟܡܚܘܚ ܠܐ ܝܕܝܥܐ، ܠܐ ܣܘܟܠܐ.
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