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turkmen language
The TurkmenLanguage is a SouthernTurkicLanguage of Turkmenistan. SIL code: TCK. ISO 639-1: tk. ISO 639-2: tuk. Population: 3,430,000 in Turkmenistan (1995), 99% of the ethnic group of 3,465,000 (1995). Population total all countries: 6,400,000. Region: Also spoken in Afghanistan, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia (Asia), Tajikistan, Turkey (Asia), USA, Uzbekistan. Alternate names: TURKOMANS, TURKMENLER, TURKMANIAN, TRUKHMEN, TRUKHMENY, TURKMANI. Dialects: NOKHURLI, ANAULI, KHASARLI, NEREZIM, YOMUD, TEKE (TEKKE), GOKLEN, SALYR, SARYQ, ESARI, CAWDUR. Comments: Some dialects differ from Teke. 50% claim a good knowledge of Russian. The so-called 'Turkmen' in Syria, and possibly Iraq and Jordan, actually speak an ancient form of Turkmen, so-called 'Turkmen' in Tibet may speak a different Turkic language. National language. Dictionary. Grammar. Cyrillic script. Radio programs. Sand desert, narrow oases. Agriculturalists: cotton, stock breeders: sheep, carpet weavers, traditionally pastoralists: sheep, Gas, oil workers. Sunni Muslim. Bible portions 1880-1982. Also spoken in: Afghanistan. (Language name: TURKMEN.) Population: 500,000 in Afghanistan (1995). Alternate names: TURKOMAN, TRUKMEN, TURKMAN. Dialects: SALOR, TEKE (TEKKE, CHAGATAI, JAGATAI), ERSARI, SARIQ, YOMUT. Comments: Sharp dialect differences. Probably mainly Ersari dialect in Afghanistan. Bilingualism in Pashtu. Refugee group in Kabul. People called 'Turkomen' in Syria are Azerbaijani speakers. Literacy rate in second language: 15% to 25%. Arabic script. Some better educated persons can read Cyrillic. Newspapers. Nomadic, cultivators, pastoralists, Persian lamb export, Persian rugs. Hanafi Sunni Muslim, occult. Bible portions 1880-1982. Also spoken in: Iran. (Language name: TURKMEN.) Population: 2,000,000 in Iran (1997), or 3.17% of the population (1997). Alternate names: TORKOMANI. Dialects: ANAULI, KHASARLI, NEREZIM, NOKHURLI (NOHUR), CHAVDUR, ESARI (ESARY), GOKLEN (GOKLAN), SALYR, SARYQ, TEKE (TEKKE), YOMUD (YOMUT), TRUKMEN. Comments: Bilingualism in Farsi. Not a literary language in Iran. Many are semi-nomadic. Ethnic groups: Yomut, Goklan. They could read Arabic script. Radio programs. Agriculturalists: cotton, wheat, barley, cattle. Hanafi Sunni and Shi'a Muslim, Goklan and Yomut: Shi'a Muslim. Bible portions 1880-1982. Also spoken in: Turkey (Asia). (Language name: TURKMEN.) Population: 925 in Turkey (1982). Alternate names: TRUKHMEN. Comments: Refugees from Afghanistan, now Turkish citizens. Sunni Muslim. Bible portions 1880-1982.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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Instancesaltaic languageAn AltaicLanguage is any one of 65 languages forming a major family of languages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 content bearing physicalAny Object or Process that expresses content. This covers Objects that contain a Proposition, such as a book, as well as ManualSignLanguage, which may similarly contain a Proposition.
 entityThe universal class of individuals. This is the root node of the ontology.
 human languageThe subclass of Languages used by Humans.
 languageA system of signs for expressing thought. The system can be either natural or artificial, i.e. something that emerges gradually as a cultural artifact or something that is intentionally created by a person or group of people.
 linguistic expressionThis is the subclass of ContentBearingPhysical which are language-related. Note that this Class encompasses both Language and the the elements of Languages, e.g. Words.
 physicalAn entity that has a location in space-time. Note that locations are themselves understood to have a location in space-time.
 southern turkic languageA SouthernTurkicLanguage is any of 12 TurkicLanguages of Asia.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 spoken human languageA SpokenHumanLanguage is a HumanLanguage which has as its medium the human voice. It can also be represented visually through writing, although not all SpokenHumanLanguages have a codified written form.
 turkic languageA TurkicLanguage is any one of 40 related AltaicLanguages.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
 turkmenian languageThe only SouthernTurkicLanguage classified as a TurkmenianLanguage is the TurkmenLanguage of Turkmenistan.(extract from http://www.ethnologue.com/)
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