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Turkish

vr.tr.turkish · INF.MED

Let an agent explain the Turkish language, its grammar, writing and varieties, support learning and translation, describe its history and regulation, and handle diaspora and minority contexts neutrally.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the Turkish language, its grammar, writing and varieties, support learning and translation, describe its history and regulation, and handle diaspora and minority contexts neutrally.

A Turkic language of the Western Oghuz branch spoken by about eighty million people, mainly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus and by communities in the Balkans, Bulgaria, Syria, Lebanon, the Caucasus, Central Asia and Western Europe, with dialects such as Meskhetian Turkish and varieties of Syrian and Lebanese Turkish; Turkish is agglutinative with vowel harmony, written in a Latin alphabet since 1928, and regulated by the Turkish Language Association, including the purified vocabulary movement known as Ozturkce.

What it is for: The Turkish language.

It can be explain grammar and writing; describe varieties; support learning and translation; describe history and regulation.

Distinguishing features

Agglutinative

Vowel harmony

Latin script

Language reform history

What it looks like

Not physical; speech and Latin-alphabet text.

How it is recognised

Western Oghuz Turkic language

Latin alphabet since 1928

Azerbaijani and Turkmen are related but distinct languages

Related models

is a kind of - category

Western Oghuz

is related to - the 1928 alphabet reform

orthography

is related to - another language family entry

Uralic

is related to - Turkish verb inflection

conjugation

In practice

Families and kinds

Standard Turkish of Turkey

Cypriot Turkish

Balkan and Bulgarian Turkish

Meskhetian, Syrian and Lebanese varieties

diaspora Turkish in Western Europe

Standards and regulation

Standards of the Turkish Language Association

Minority language rights in countries with Turkish speakers

Proficiency testing standards

Failure modes and hazards

Conflating Turkish with other Turkic languages

Politicised presentation of minority contexts

Outdated vocabulary after language reform

Also called

Turkish language in BulgariaSyrian and Lebanon TurkishMeskhetian TurkishGolan dialectSyrian Turkmen TurkishÖztürkçeKaramanli TurkishOttoman TurkishlubuncaOld Anatolian TurkishTurkish dialectsCypriot TurkishAjem-TurkicIraqi TurkmenRumelian TurkishAnatolian dialectsWest Rumelian dialectsEast Rumelian dialectsWestern Anatolian dialectsNortheast Anatolian dialectsEast Anatolian dialects

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand The language.

Linguistics.

Structure

Grammar and writing.

Structure

Structure.

  1. What are the main features of Turkish grammar, vowel harmony, agglutination and the Latin alphabet? definition
  2. How does Turkish relate to other Turkic languages, according to linguists? provenance

Varieties

Varieties.

Varieties

Varieties.

  1. How do Cypriot, Balkan, Meskhetian, Syrian and Lebanese and diaspora varieties differ from standard Turkish? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral on minority contexts? boundary
Learn Learning Turkish.

Practice.

Learning

Learning.

Learning

Learning.

  1. How can someone learn Turkish, and which resources and tests exist? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific resource? action

Translate

Translation.

Translate

Translation.

  1. What pitfalls arise in translating Turkish, including word order and evidentiality? action
  2. Which entry fits translation? action
Society Turkish in society.

Context.

Regulation

Language regulation.

Regulation

Regulation.

  1. How does the Turkish Language Association regulate the language, and what was the purification movement? provenance
  2. Which entry fits language policy? action

Minorities

Turkish speakers abroad.

Minorities

Minorities.

  1. What is the status of Turkish speakers in Bulgaria, the Balkans, Syria and elsewhere, according to official and scholarly sources? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific community? action
History History and culture.

Context.

History

History of Turkish.

History

History.

  1. How did Turkish develop from Old Anatolian and Ottoman Turkish to the modern language and the 1928 alphabet reform? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Culture

Literature and media.

Culture

Culture.

  1. How has Turkish literature and media shaped the language? provenance
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each variety be a separate entry?
  • How should learning resources be linked?
  • How should minority contexts be attributed?
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