Alternate Names: Anatolian, Türkçe, Türkisch
Dialects: Danubian, Dinler, Edirne, Eskisehir, Gaziantep, Karamanli, Razgrad, Rumelian, Urfa. Danubian is west; other dialects east.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 66,500,000 in Turkey (ELDIA 2006). Population total all countries: 70,805,930. L2 users: 350,000 in Turkey (ELDIA 2006).
Language Use: Karamanli are Turkish-speaking Greeks. 11,300,000 also use English [eng]. 2,660,000 also use Standard German [deu].
Language Development: Fully developed. Bible: 1827–2006.
Typology: SOV.
Spoken In: Bulgaria, Turkey
Writing System: Braille, Latin
Nation of Origin: Turkey, Kosovo
Other Comments: Muslim.