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The Turkic leids constitute a leid faimlie o at least thirty-five[2] leids, spaken bi Turkic fowks athort a vast aurie frae Eastren Europe an the Mediterranean tae Siberie an Wastren Cheenae, an are considered tae be pairt o the proposed Altaic leid faimlie.[3]
Turkic | |
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Geografic distribution | Frae Sootheastren Europe tae Wastren Cheenae an Siberie |
Lingueestic clessification | Ane o the warld's primary leid faimilies |
Proto-leid | Proto-Turkic |
Subdiveesions |
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ISO 639-5 | trk |
Glottolog | turk1311[1] |
![]() Turkic leids |
Turkic leids are spaken as a native leid bi some 165[4] tae 180 million fowk;[5] an the total nummer o Turkic speakers is ower 200 million, includin speakers o a seicont leid. The Turkic leid wi the greatest nummer o speakers is Turkis proper, or Anatolien [an Balkan] Turkish, the speakers o whilk accoont for aboot 40% o aw Turkic speakers.[3] Characteristic featurs o Turkis, sic as vowel harmony, agglutination, an lack o grammatical gender, are universal athin the Turkic faimily.[3] There is an aw a hie degree o mutual intelligibility atween the sindry Oghuz leids, whilk include Turkis, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Qashqai, Gagauz, an Balkan Gagauz Turkis.[6]
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