
Turkish is the most commonly spoken of Turkic languages, with native Turkish speakers comprising about 40% of all speakers of Turkic languages. It is the mother tongue to 63-70 million people worldwide, primarily in Turkey and Cyprus, with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania, Romania, Serbia, and other parts of Eastern Europe. Further, Turkish is spoken by several million immigrants in Western Europe, with about two million in Germany alone. Turki...
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