Languages of Turkey

The Abaza language (Абаза Бызшва/Abaza Byzšwa) is a language of the Caucasus mountains in the Russian autonomous republic of Karachay-Cherkessia by the Abazins. It consists of two dialects, the Ashkherewa dialect and the T'ap'anta dialect, which is the literary standard. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abaza language"

Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia and Turkey by the Abkhazians. Abkhaz has about 100,000 speakers in Abkhazia with up to 500,000 more living in Turkey. ...more on Wikipedia about "Abkhaz language"

Adyghe (адыгэбзэ adygebze, adəgăbză) is one of the two official languages of the Federal Republic of Adygea in the Russian Federation, the other being Russian. It is spoken by the various tribes of the Adyghe nation: Shapsugh, Bzedugh, Abzekh, Kemirgoy, Hakuchi, and some others. The language referred to by its speakers as Adygebze or Adəgăbză, and alternatively spelled in English as Adygean, Adygeyan or Adygei. It is also known as Circassian. ...more on Wikipedia about "Adyghe language"

Albanian (gjuha shqipe / /) is a language spoken by over 8 million people primarily in Albania, Kosovo, and Macedonia but also by smaller numbers of ethnic Albanians in other parts of the Balkans, along the eastern coast of Italy and in Sicily, as well as by emigrant groups in Scandinavia, Germany, Greece the UK and the USA. The language forms its own distinct branch of the Indo-European language family. ...more on Wikipedia about "Albanian language"

Armenian is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people in the Armenian Republic and also used by the Armenian Diaspora. It constitutes an independent branch of the Indo-European language family, though many Indo-Europeanists believe it forms a subgroup with the Greek and Indo-Iranian families (see Clackson 1994 for extensive discussion). ...more on Wikipedia about "Armenian language"

The Azerbaijani language, also called Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, or Azerbaijani Turkish, is the official language of Republic of Azerbaijan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Azerbaijani language"

Cappadocian ( SIL: CPG; ISO 639-2: ine), also known as Cappadocian Greek or Asia Minor Greek is a Greek- Turkish mixed language, formerly spoken in Cappadocia (Central Turkey). After the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in the 1920s, Cappadocian speakers were forced to emigrate to Greece, where they were resettled in various locations, especially in Central and Northern Greece. The Cappadocians rapidly shifted to Standard Modern Greek and their language was thought to be extinct since the 1960s. In June 2005, Mark Janse ( Roosevelt Academy, Middelburg) and Dimitris Papazachariou ( University of Patras) discovered Cappadocians in Central and Northern Greece who could still speak their native language fluently. Amongst them are middle-aged, third-generation speakers who take a very positive attitude towards the language as opposed to their parents and grandparents. The latter are much less inclined to speak Cappadocian and more often than not switch to Standard Modern Greek. A survey of Cappadocian speakers and language use is currently in preparation. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cappadocian Greek language"

Chaldean Neo-Aramaic is a modern Eastern Aramaic or Syriac language. Called Neo-Aramaic, it is not to be confused with the original Chaldean referring to the Old Aramaic dialect of the Chaldean Dynasty of Babylon. Originally, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic was spoken on the Plain of Mosul in northern Iraq. It is now the language of a worldwide diaspora. Most speakers are members of the Chaldean Catholic Church. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chaldean Neo-Aramaic"

Crimean Tatar or Crimean Turkish (in its own script: Qırımtatar tili, Qırımtatarca; alternative notations:Qırım tili, Qırımca and Qırım Türkçesi) is the language of the Crimean Tatars. Spoken in Crimea, the former Soviet Union, and the Crimean Tatar diaspora: Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crimean Tatar language"

Galatian is an extinct Celtic language once spoken in Galatia in Asia Minor (modern Turkey) from the 3rd century BC up to the 4th century AD. ...more on Wikipedia about "Galatian language"

Georgian (ქართული ენა, kartuli ena) is the official language of Georgia, a republic in the Caucasus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Georgian language"

Greek (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA – "Hellenic") is an Indo-European language with a documented history of 3,500 years. Today, it is spoken by 15 million people in Greece, Cyprus, the former Yugoslavia, particularly the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania and Turkey. There are also many Greek emigrant communities around the world, such as those in Melbourne, Australia which has the third largest urban Greek population of any city in the world, after Athens and Thessaloniki. ...more on Wikipedia about "Greek language"

The Hértevin language is a modern Eastern Aramaic or Syriac language. It was originally spoken in a cluster of villages in Siirt Province in southeastern Turkey. Speakers of Hértevin Aramaic have emigrated mostly to the West, and are now scattered and isolated from one another. A few speakers may remain in Turkey. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hertevin language"

Homshetsi is an archaic Armenian dialect spoken by the East group of Hamshenis. It is practically a dialect and mutually intelligible with Armenian. However, due to its speakers' distinct profile, it is widely regarded as an "ethnic language". ...more on Wikipedia about "Homshetsi language"

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The Kabardian language is closely related to the Adyghe language, both members of the Northwest Caucasian language family, mainly spoken in Jordan, Turkey, and the Kabardino-Balkar Republic of Russia. It has 48 consonant phonemes (of which an amazing 22 are fricatives), but just two phonemic vowels. It is one of very few languages to possess a clear phonemic distinction between ejective affricates and ejective fricatives. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kabardian language"

The Kurdish language (Kurdî in Kurdish), is spoken in the region loosely called Kurdistan, including Kurdish populations in parts of Iran (Persia), Iraq, Syria and Turkey ** . Kurdish is an official language in Iraq while it is banned in Syria. Before August 2002, the Turkish government placed severe restrictions on the use of Kurdish, prohibiting the language in education and broadcast media ** . ...more on Wikipedia about "Kurdish language"

Kurmanji (Kurdish: kurmancî or kirmancî) is the major Kurdish dialect spoken in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, the ex-Soviet states and by Kurds living in Central Asia. Almost 65% of all Kurds speak this dialect. The other great Kurdish dialect is Sorani, which is widely spoken in Iraq and Iran. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kurmanji"

Kyrgyz or Kirghiz (Кыргыз ...more on Wikipedia about "Kyrgyz language"

Ladino is a Romance language, derived mainly from Old Castilian ( Spanish) and Hebrew. Speakers are currently almost exclusively Sephardic Jews, although historically there have also been Ashkenazi speakers — for example, in Thessaloniki and Istanbul. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ladino language"

The Laz language (lazuri in Laz; ლაზური, lazuri, or ჭანური, chanuri, in Georgian) is spoken by an ethnic group of the same name on the Southeast shore of the Black Sea. It is estimated that there are more than 500,000 native speakers of Laz in Turkey, in a strip of land extending from Melyat to the Georgian border (officially called Lazistan until 1925), and about 30,000 in Georgia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Laz language"

Lezgi, also called Lezgian, is a language spoken by the Lezgins who live in southern Dagestan (a republic of Russia) and northern Azerbaijan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lezgi language" Connect with shortopedia. Languages_of_Turkey

Pontic is a Greek language originally spoken on the shores of the Black Sea, the Pontus. Its speakers are Pontian Greeks. ...more on Wikipedia about "Pontic language"

Romany (or Romani) is the language of the Roma and Sinti, peoples often referred to in English as " Gypsies". The Indo-Aryan Romany language should not be confused with either Romanian (spoken by Romanians), or Romansh (spoken in parts of southeastern Switzerland), both of which are Romance languages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Romany language"

Syriac (ܣܘܪܝܝܐ Suryoyo/Suryāyā) is an Eastern Aramaic language that was once spoken across much of the Fertile Crescent. At its broadest definition, Syriac is often used to refer to all Eastern Aramaic languages spoken by various Christian groups; at its most specific, it refers to the classical language of Edessa, which became the liturgical language of Syriac Christianity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Syriac language"

The Tatar language (Tatar tele, Tatarça, Татар теле, Татарча) is a Turkic language belonging to the Altaic branch of the Ural-Altaic family of languages. It is spoken by the Tatars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tatar language"

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