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Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Latin
Script(s) Used		T Rk E
Family		Turkic	vs	4.5% World Languages have Turkic	compare Turkic World Languages
Subgroup		Southern
3 Letter Code		Tur

Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		74 (5.11 higher than average)	vs	68.89	Compare similar Number of Native speakers (74)
Native Speakers as % of World		1.6 (0.08 higher than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Native Speakers as % of World (1.6)
Total Number of Speakers (millions)		83 (30.83 lower than average)	vs	113.83	Compare similar Total Number of Speakers (83)
Total Speakers as % of World		1.1 (0.42 lower than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Total Speakers as % of World (1.1)

Language Systems
Noun declensions		Seven Cases	vs	3% World Languages have Seven cases
Sequence		SOV	vs	33.3% World Languages have SOV
Tonal		No	vs	80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language		No	vs	85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language

Geographic Distribution
Official language in		Turkey Cyprus
Official Language of United Nations		No	vs	89.6% World Languages don't have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In		Turkey, Cyprus, Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
No. of Countries Spoken In		27 (16.67 higher than average)	vs	10.33	Compare similar No. of Countries Spoken In (27)

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