We do magic to Maps Overview: Turkish, which is spoken in much
of Turkey and Cyprus as well as in neighboring countries, is the
primary language of the Turkic language family that spans much
of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Within that, it is also a
part of the Oghuz sub-branch of Turkic languages, which all
belong to the proposed Altaic family according to proponents of
the Altaic language theory. Most of the languages within the
Oghuz family have a high degree of mutual intelligibility with
one another. Turkish is widely spoken throughout the Middle
East, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe, with greater than 80
million speakers worldwide. Outside of Turkey, it is most
frequently spoken natively in places that were once part of the
Ottoman Empire (such as Bulgaria and Romania). Turkish
immigrants around the world also speak Turkish, with a
significant community of them present most notably in Germany.
Roots of the language: Old Turkish was spoken by a number of
successful tribes and kingdoms that spread acr