
Turkmen belongs to the Turkic branch of the Altaic language family. It is a member of the southwestern Turkic sub-branch, more specifically the East Oghuz group. This group also includes Khorasani Turkic. Turkmen is closely related to Turkish and Azerbaijani, and it is for the most part mutually intelligible. Turkmen is the national language of Turkmenistan. It is spoken by over 9 million people worldwide, including approximately 3.43 million people in Turkmenistan and an additional 6 million el...
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