NationMaster - Turkish Language statistics

English-speaking population > As an additional language	12	[12th of 59]
English-speaking population > Total	15	[15th of 0]
John Doe > Informal names for unknown or unspecified persons in various countries/regions Sarı çizmeli Mehmet Ağa
Languages Turkish (official), Kurdish, Dimli (or Zaza), Azeri, Kabardian
Languages > Note there is also a substantial Gagauz population in the European part of Turkey
Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate	91	[91st of 174]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > %	35	[35th of 37]
Nobel Prize in Literature > Most awarded countries > Laureates	35	[35th of 37]
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population > 2000	6	[6th of 32]
Romani > Romani speaking Roma population from total Roma population > 2000	27 %	[27th of 32]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > English	27 %	[27th of 29]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > French	28 %	[28th of 29]
Skills of EU citizens > Other than mother tongue > German	25 %	[25th of 29]

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SOURCES: ; English-speaking population includes both native speakers and second language speakers of English. A first language, native language, arterial language, mother tongue, or L1 in linguistics, is the first language that a person learned. In terms of that view, the person is defined as a native speaker of the first language. A second language (L2) is any language learned after the first language or mother tongue (L1).; A rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language. ; This entry provides a rank ordering of languages starting with the largest and sometimes includes the percent of total population speaking that language. ; in Europe according to Bakker et al.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Turkey, Republic of Turkey, Turkiye Cumhuriyeti, Turkiye

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COMMENTARY

murat
28th April 2005

The main language in Turkey is Turkish, which is the formal language and spoken by 86 percent of people in Turkey. Kurdish, Arabic and other minor languages are spoken rarely and cannot be called 'main' languages. Kurdish has never been a 'main language' in Turkey.

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