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تورکمەنی

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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تورکمەنی

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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ئیسە
ئەکادیمیا126 خول، هێمان هیچکام پەی ناونویسی ئاوەڵا نیەنشارستانی3 کەمپەین، 5 بەرنامەمیرات116 ڕۆژ پەی یاوەرکەردەی، 40 تۆمارێ مێژووییهەواڵەکێ88 سەرچاوەی پەسەندکریاگ، هێمان بۆنەی پشتڕاستکریاگ نیەنلقەکێپێک مەیۆ. هێمان هیچکام ناسیاگ نیەن
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
ڕێژە
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

نووسین

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
پشتڕاستکریاگ
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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)) دووەم
Sounds
21 consonants and 16 vowels, after Gray 1994 · the inventory پشتڕاستکریاگ

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
پشتڕاستکریاگ
پشتڕاست کەرە، سەرچاوەیێ زیاد کەرە یان ڕاپۆرت بدە
یارمەتی بدە ئی بەهایە تاقی بکریۆ

دماتەر چێش مەبۆ. چاودێرێ تێبینییەکەت مەوانۆوە و سەرچاوەکە تاقی مەکەرۆ. پەڕەکە تەنیا دماو ئانەی مەگۆڕیۆ. ناوت نمەبریۆ.

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.
پشتڕاستکریاگ

Speakers

نەزانیاگ
پێوەر
speakers
ساڵ
تۆمار نەکریان
سەرچاوە
هێمان سەرچاوە نیەن. نەزانیاگ نیشان مەدەیمێ، نە خەمڵنای.
دۆخ
نەزانیاگ
پشتڕاست کەرە، سەرچاوەیێ زیاد کەرە یان ڕاپۆرت بدە
یارمەتی بدە ئی بەهایە تاقی بکریۆ

دماتەر چێش مەبۆ. چاودێرێ تێبینییەکەت مەوانۆوە و سەرچاوەکە تاقی مەکەرۆ. پەڕەکە تەنیا دماو ئانەی مەگۆڕیۆ. ناوت نمەبریۆ.

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مسە

no courses yet

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Key

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  • نەزانیاگهێمان سەرچاوە نیەن. نەزانیاگ نیشان مەدەیمێ، نە خەمڵنای.
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