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زبان ترکی استانبولی

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زبان ترکی استانبولی

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Also known as Turkish of Turkey, Istanbul Turkish, Türkçe, Anatolian Turkish, Turkish language

زبانی ترک‌تبار در ترکیه

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Turkish is a natural and modern language belonging to the Turkic family. It is primarily spoken in Turkey, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Greece. The language is native to Turks and is associated with the regions of Burgas, Kardzhali, and Smolyan. Its native label is Türkçe.

The language uses the Turkish alphabet, Arabic alphabet, and Turkish Braille. It follows a subject–object–verb word order and is classified as an agglutinative, syllabic, and synthetic language. Turkish has present, past, and future tenses, along with admirative, imperative, and indicative moods. It uses capitalization for proper nouns and days of the week. The Turkish Language Association serves as its regulatory body.

Turkish is based on Old Anatolian Turkish. It is studied through Turkology. The language has approximately 82,231,620 speakers, writers, or signers. It is referenced by 15,555 other encyclopedia articles. Films in this language are categorized under Turkish-language films.

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
Turkic
Image
Turkish alphabet.svg
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Wikimedia language code
tr
Commons category
Turkish language
topic's main category
Category:Turkish language
writing system
Turkish Braille
language regulatory body
Turkish Language Association
native label
Türkçe
short name
türgi keel
linguistic typology
postposition
category for films in this language
Category:Turkish-language films
indigenous to
Rhodope Prefecture
studied by
Turkology
uses capitalization for
day of the week
different from
Turki
number of speakers, writers, or signers
380300
entry in abbreviations table
ਤੁ.
has tense
past tense
has grammatical case
instrumental case
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Languages
main regulatory text
Constitution of Turkey
ethnic group
Turks
female form of label
la langue turque
NCI Thesaurus ID
C154180
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