Some facts about Turkish

THE TURKISH LANGUAGE is a language of Turkey (Asia).
Population: 46,278,000 in Turkey, 90% of the population (1987). Population total all countries 61,000,000 (1999 WA).
Region: Spoken throughout Turkey as first or second language. Also spoken in 35 other countries including Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, El Salvador, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Honduras, Iran, Iraq, Israel.
Alternate names: TURKCE, TURKISCH, ANATOLIAN
Dialects: DANUBIAN, ESKISEHIR, RAZGRAD, DINLER, RUMELIAN, KARAMANLI, EDIRNE, GAZIANTEP, URFA.
Classification: Altaic, Turkic, Southern, Turkish.
Comments: Danubian is western; other dialects are eastern. The Karamanli are Turkish-speaking Greeks. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. SOV. Roman script now used. Muslim. Bible 1827-1941.

Also spoken in:
Bulgaria
Population: 845,550 in Bulgaria, 9% of the population (1986).
Alternate names: OSMANLI, TURKI
Dialects: DANUBIAN, RAZGRAD, DINLER, MACEDONIAN TURKISH.
Comments: The Turkish language is gradually being replaced by Bulgarian, although Islam and ethnic identity remain strong. Natural growth has been balanced by emigration to Turkey. Official language. Muslim. Bible 1827-1941.

Cyprus
Population: 177,000 in Cyprus (1995), 20% of the population.
Alternate names: OSMANLI
Comments: National language. Muslim. Bible 1827-1941.

Greece
Population: 128,380 in Greece (1976 WA).
Alternate names: OSMANLI
Comments: The number of Turks in Greece remains fairly constant, because growth is offset by a steady flow of emigration to Turkey. Muslim, Christian. Bible 1827-1941.

Macedonia
Population: 250,000 in Macedonia and Yugoslavia (1982 estimate).
Alternate names: OSMANLI
Dialects: MACEDONIAN, DINLER.
Comments: Sunni and Bektashi Muslim. Bible 1827-1941.

Romania
Population: 150,000 in Romania (1993 Johnstone).
Alternate names: OSMANLI
Dialects: DANUBIAN.
Comments: Muslim. Bible 1827-1941.

Uzbekistan
Population: 197,000 estimate in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrghyzstan (based on 1979 census, not counting 56,000 'Turks of Fergana', who speak an Uzbek dialect).
Alternate names: OSMANLI
Dialects: DANUBIAN, ESKISEHIR, RAZGRAD, DINLER, RUMELIAN, KARAMANLI, EDIRNE, GAZIANTEP, URFA.
Comments: The Danubian dialect is western, other dialects are eastern. Bilingualism in Azerbaijani. Some speak Turkish; others Azerbaijani. Meskhetian Georgians, Khemshel Armenians, and Kurds in Uzbekistan speak Turkish. Sunni Muslim. Bible 1827-1941.

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