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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
ئەکادیمی126 دەورە، هەنی هیچکام ئەرا ناونویسی واز نیەمەدەنی3 کەمپەین، 5 بەرنامەمیرات116 ڕووژ ئەرا یاد کردن، 40 تۆمار مێژووییخەوەر88 سەرچاوە پەسەند بیە، هەنی هیچ ڕووداو تەئیید بیەیگ نیەلقەیللە حاڵ شکڵ گرتن. هەنی هیچکام ناسیاێ نەبیە
ScriptArab/Latnright to lefton request
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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
دامەنە
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.
ئەکادیمی

Writing

no scripts yet

Its own names

Türkmençe
left to right

خەتەیل

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.
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Resources

1 resource
Glottolog: Turkmenreference · Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology · checked 2026-10-23
تەئیید بیە
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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)) دویەم
Sounds
21 consonants and 16 vowels, after Gray 1994 · the inventory تەئیید بیە

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
تەئیید بیە
تەئیید بکە، سەرچاوە زیاد بکە یا گوزارش بدە
یارمەتی بکە ئی نرخە بپشکنیەێ

دواتر چە بوو. پارێزەرێگ نۆتەکەت خوەنێ و سەرچاوە پشکنێ. پەڕە تەنیا دوای ئەوە گووڕیەێ. ناو تۊ نیەوەریەێ.

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

نادیار
پێوانە
speakers
ساڵ
تۆمار نەبیە
سەرچاوە
هەنی هیچ سەرچاوەیگ نیە. ئێمە نادیار نیشان دەیم، نە تەخمین.
دۆخ
نادیار
تەئیید بکە، سەرچاوە زیاد بکە یا گوزارش بدە
یارمەتی بکە ئی نرخە بپشکنیەێ

دواتر چە بوو. پارێزەرێگ نۆتەکەت خوەنێ و سەرچاوە پشکنێ. پەڕە تەنیا دوای ئەوە گووڕیەێ. ناو تۊ نیەوەریەێ.

No speaker figure has been verified for this platform yet. It stays unknown until a census or survey figure is checked with its measure, year and source.

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

یاد بگر

no courses yet

No course teaches this language yet.

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Key

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  • نادیارهەنی هیچ سەرچاوەیگ نیە. ئێمە نادیار نیشان دەیم، نە تەخمین.
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