Turkish
Turkish is the official language of
the country of Turkey. Of the 59,000,000 speakers, 46,000,000 are in
Turkey. This Altaic family language is spoken by Turkish minorities in;
Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan, Azerbaijan,
Cyprus, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Greece, Tajikistan, Belgium, Romania, Macedonia,
Iraq, Iran, United States, Canada, France, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden,
Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Georgia, and in small numbers in many other
countries.
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