Turkmen language facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Turkmen
Türkmençe, Türkmen dili, Түркменче, Түркмен дили, تورکمن ﺗﻴلی, تورکمنچه
Native to	Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Stavropol krai (Russia)
Native speakers	ca. 4 million  (1998)
Language family	Turkic Oghuz Turkmen
Official status
Official language in	Turkmenistan
Linguasphere	part of 44-AAB-a
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Turkmen (türkmençe, türkmen dili, Cyrillic: түркменче, түркмен дили, Persian: تورکمن ﺗﻴﻠی, تورکمنچه) is the national language of Turkmenistan. It is spoken by about 7,000,000 people in Turkmenistan and by an about 380,000 more people in Northwestern Afghanistan and 500,000 in Northeastern Iran.

Literature

The leading Turkmen poet is Magtymguly Pyragy, who wrote in the 1700's.

Images for kids

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  Areas where modern Oghuz languages are spoken

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  Magtymguly Pyragy on the commemorative coin of Turkmenistan

See also

In Spanish: Idioma turcomano para niños