[TURK] Language Resources
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toreroModern Turkish came about as part of the reforms done by Atatürk. In 1928, Atatürk reformed the language, replacing the Ottoman script used before with an alphabet based on the Latin one, with letters borrowed from the Swedish, Albanian, Romanian, and German alphabets. The Turkish alphabet consists of 29 letters.
Turkish is spoken by approximately 65 million people, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. It is spoken predominately in Turkey and Cyprus, but also has speakers in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe. Turkish is also spoken by several million immigrants in Western Europe, particularly in Germany.
Language Resources
Turkish is spoken by approximately 65 million people, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. It is spoken predominately in Turkey and Cyprus, but also has speakers in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe. Turkish is also spoken by several million immigrants in Western Europe, particularly in Germany.
Language Resources
- Turkish Language: Resources - University of Michigan
- Turkish lessons at the University of Arizona
- Turkish Language Class free online Turkish course
- United States Foreign Service Institute free online Turkish Basic Course
- LT: LearningTurkish
- LT: Automatic Turkish Verb Declinations
- The Site of Education Turkish Language
- Turkish Language Resources
- Learn Turkish
- Folksongs, tales and epics in Turkish from the Uysal-Walker Archive of Turkish Oral Narrative at Texas Tech University