Language code: tk
Technical information about ISO 639 language code tk
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The table below provides technical details for the Turkmen language, designated by the tk code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Turkmen Native Türkmençe |
| Family | Oghuz |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | TekeYomutErsari |
| Related languages | TurkishAzerbaijaniQashqaiGagauzSalar |
| Key facts | Belongs to the Oghuz branch of the Turkic familyModern Turkmen is written with a Latin alphabet adopted in 1993 after periods of Arabic and Cyrillic scriptsThe language follows strict vowel harmony and is highly agglutinativeStandard Turkmen is based primarily on the Teke dialectClassical poet Magtymguly Pyragy (18th c.) profoundly influenced the literary language |
| Sample phrase | Salam, ýagdaýyň nähili? |
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Turkmen belongs to the Turkic language family, specifically the Oghuz subgroup. It is the official language of Turkmenistan. It is primarily written using the Latin script, although historically, it has also been written in Cyrillic and Perso-Arabic scripts. It is estimated that there are around 6 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
4.3M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Turkmen speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
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- Glossary
- Reports and Statistics
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- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- FAQ
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ