Turkish Language

                            Turkish is a Turkic language spoken mainly in Turkey, Northern Cyprus and Cyprus. In 2017 there were 71 million native speakers of Turkish, and about 17 million second language speakers.The Turkish language is part of the Turkic languages, and was first spoken in Mongolia, before being strongly influenced by Arabic and Persian. Turkish was then reformed in the 20th century.The letters Q , X  and W  are not included in the official Turkish alphabet, but are used in foreign names and loanwords.Turkish is spoken in more than 30 countries where it is not an official language, including Germany with two million Turkish speakers.The earliest forms of the Turkish language were written in Orkhon Script.Philologically Turkish belongs to the so called Altaic languages which still is controversial. The Altaic languages with its origin in the central Asian Altai mountains are divided into  Turkic languages, Mongolian languages,Tungusian languages.Turkish, being an Altaic language, has grammar and vocabulary that is very different from Indo-European languages. Learning Dutch for a Brit or learning Italian for a Romanian is much easier than them learning Turkish. On the other hand, there are similar languages to Turkish such as Mongolian or Kazakh.The country has a fast developing economy, which helps put Turkey in the international business map. As such, learning the Turkish language is more important now, especially for individuals and corporations interested in doing business in Turkey. The Turkish language is the 12th most spoken language in the world.

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