Turkmen language

Turkmen (türkmençe, türkmen dili, Cyrillic: түркменче, түркмен дили, Persian: تورکمن ﺗﻴﻠی, تورکمنچه) is the national language of Turkmenistan. It is spoken by about 7,000,000 people in Turkmenistan and by an about 380,000 more people in Northwestern Afghanistan and 500,000 in Northeastern Iran.

Turkmen
Türkmençe, Türkmen dili, Түркменче, Түркмен дили, تورکمن ﺗﻴلی, تورکمنچه
Native to	Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Stavropol krai (Russia)
Native speakers	(ca. 4 million cited 1998)[1]
Language family	Turkic Oghuz Turkmen
Official status
Official language in	Turkmenistan
Language codes
ISO 639-1	tk
ISO 639-2	tuk
ISO 639-3	tuk
Linguasphere	part of 44-AAB-a
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Literature

The leading Turkmen poet is Magtymguly Pyragy, who wrote in the 1700's.