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Turkish

The language of Turkey.

In Turkish, very little stress falls on each syllable (the language is lightly spoken). In the other Eurasian Turkic languages stress falls on the last syllable and there is a harsher sound to the languages.

Station identification: "Burasi Turkiyenin Sesi Radyosu"

 

Name Where spoken Language Family How many (000s)
 Turkish Turkey, Bulgaria, and surrounding areas Altaic (Turkic) 27-45m

Table source: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language, David Ctystal, Cambridge University Press

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