Turkmen

Turkmen (Türkmen dili / Түркмен дили)

Turkmen is a Turkic language spoken by about 6.4 million people in
Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Germany, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Pakistan, Russia (Asia), Tajikistan, Turkey (Asia), USA and Uzbekistan.

Turkmen only started to appear in writing at the beginning of the 20th century, when it was
written with the Arabic script. Between 1928 and
1940 it was written with the Latin alphabet, and from 1940 it was written
with the Cyrillic alphabet. Since Turkmenistan declared independence in
1991, Turkmen has been written with a version of the Latin alphabet based
on Turkish.

Cyrillic alphabet for Turkmen (түркмен элипбийи)

Cyrillic alphabet for Turkmen

Latin alphabet for Turkmen (Türkmen elipbiýi)

Latin alphabet for Turkmen

Source: http://www.altynasyr.8m.com/portal/alphabet.htm

Sample text in Turkmen

Хемме
адамлар өз
мертебеси ве
хукуклары
бюнча дең
ягдайда
дүнйә
инйәрлер.
Олара аң хем
выждан
берлендир ве
олар бир-бирлери
билен
доганлык
рухундакы
гарайышда
болмалыдырлар.

Transliteration
Hemme adamlar öz mertebesi we hukuklary boýunça
deň ýagdaýda dünýä inyärler. Olara aň hem
wyždan berlendir we olar bir-birleri bilen doganlyk ruhundaky garaýyşda
bolmalydyrlar.

Translation

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are
endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a
spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

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