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Turkish (About this sound Türkçe ) also referred to as Istanbul Turkish or Anatolian Turkish is the most widely spoken of the Turkic languages with over 63 million native speakers. Speakers are located predominantly in Turkey with smaller groups in Germany Bulgaria Macedonia Northern Cyprus Greece and other parts of Eastern Europe Caucasus and Central Asia.The roots of the language can be traced to the Altay region with the first known written records dating back nearly 1300 years.
