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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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