Turkic leids

The Turkic leids constitute a leid faimlie o at least thirty-five^[2] leids, spaken bi Turkic fowks athort a vast aurie frae Eastren Europe an the Mediterranean tae Siberie an Wastren Cheenae, an are considered tae be pairt o the proposed Altaic leid faimlie.^[3]

Turkic
Geografic distribution	Frae Sootheastren Europe tae Wastren Cheenae an Siberie
Lingueestic clessification	Ane o the warld's primary leid faimilies
Proto-leid	Proto-Turkic
Subdiveesions	Common Turkic Oghur
ISO 639-5	trk
Glottolog	turk1311[1]
Turkic leids

Turkic leids are spaken as a native leid bi some 165^[4] tae 180 million fowk;^[5] an the total nummer o Turkic speakers is ower 200 million, includin speakers o a seicont leid. The Turkic leid wi the greatest nummer o speakers is Turkis proper, or Anatolien [an Balkan] Turkish, the speakers o whilk accoont for aboot 40% o aw Turkic speakers.^[3] Characteristic featurs o Turkis, sic as vowel harmony, agglutination, an lack o grammatical gender, are universal athin the Turkic faimily.^[3] There is an aw a hie degree o mutual intelligibility atween the sindry Oghuz leids, whilk include Turkis, Azerbaijani, Turkmen, Qashqai, Gagauz, an Balkan Gagauz Turkis.^[6]