This
list is drawn from the Ethnologue the most accurate
compendium of languages in existence. This gives ups
the only accurate and meaningful list of the ethnic
groups of Turkey that I have been able to find. the
percentage figures are mine and are rounded to the
nearest round number unless they are under 1 percent.
Afro-Asiatic > 1%
Arabic, North
Mesopotamian Spoken [ayp] 400,000 in Turkey (1992).
Hértevin [hrt]
1,000 in Turkey (1999 H. Mutzafi).
Turoyo [tru] 3,000
in Turkey
Altaic 88%
Azerbaijani, South [azb] 530,000 in
Turkey. Kars Province.
Crimean Turkish [crh] It is not known
how many still speak it in Turkey, though there are
definitely some Crimean Tatar villages, such as
Karakuyu in Polatli District of Ankara Province.
Kazakh [kaz] 600 in Turkey (1982).
Kirghiz [kir] 1,137 in Turkey (1982).
Kumyk [kum] A few villages.
Turkish [tur] 46,278,000 in
Turkey (1987).
Turkmen [tuk] 925 in Turkey (1982).
Uyghur [uig] 500 in Turkey (1981).
Uzbek, Southern [uzs] 1,981 in Turkey
(1982).
Indo-European > 1%
Albanian, Tosk [als] 15,000 in Turkey
(1980).
Osetin [oss] The Digor dialect is
reported to be in Bitlis and another small town in
the west. Iron dialect in cities or towns of
Sarikamis and Erzerum. Also in Mugla, Kars, Antalya.
North Caucasian > 1%
Abaza [abq] 10,000 in Turkey (1995).
Abkhaz [abk] 4,000 in Turkey (1980).
Ethnic population: 39,000 in Turkey (2001 Johnstone
and Mandryk).
Adyghe [ady] 277,900 in Turkey
(2000). 6,409 monolinguals (1965 census). Ethnic
population: 130,000 in Turkey (1965
census).Classification: North Caucasian, West
Caucasian, Circassian
Kartvelian > 1%
Georgian [kat] 40,000 in Turkey
(1980). 4,042 monolinguals (1965 census). Ethnic
population: 91,000.
Laz [lzz] 30,000 in Turkey (1980).
Population total all countries: 33,000. Ethnic
population: 92,000 in Turkey (1980).
Kurdish 10%
Dimli [diq] 1,000,000 in Turkey (1999
WA). Between 1.5 and 2.5 million speakers (including
all dialects) (1998 Paul).
Kirmanjki [kiu] 140,000 in Turkey.
Kurdish, Northern [kmr] 3,950,000 in
Turkey (1980).
http://www.ethnologue.com/show_country.asp?name=TRA
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.
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