Turkmen alphabet

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The Turkmen alphabet is the standardized script used to write the Turkmen language, currently based on a modified Latin script adopted after the Soviet era.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf alphabet
writing system
associatedLanguageFamily Turkic languages
basedOn Latin alphabet
countryUsedIn Turkmenistan
diacriticsUsed acute accent
cedilla
umlaut
digitalEncoding Unicode
includesLetter A
B
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
T
U
W
Y
Z
Ä
Ç
Ö
Ü
Ý
Ş
Ž
influencedBy Turkish Latin alphabet
linked to: Turkish alphabet
languageWritten Turkmen language
numberOfLetters 30
officialStatus official alphabet of Turkmenistan
previousScript Turkmen Arabic alphabet
Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet
primaryRegion Central Asia
replaced Cyrillic-based Turkmen alphabet
scriptType Latin script
standardizedBy Government of Turkmenistan
timePeriod post-Soviet era
usedFor writing the Turkmen language
writingDirection left-to-right

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Teke dialect writingSystem Turkmen alphabet
Salyr dialect writingSystem Turkmen Latin alphabet
linked to: Turkmen alphabet
Ersari dialect writingSystem Turkmen alphabet
tk (macrolanguage) usesAlphabet Turkmen Latin alphabet
linked to: Turkmen alphabet
Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet replacedBy Turkmen Latin alphabet
linked to: Turkmen alphabet
Turkmen Cyrillic alphabet replacedBy Latin-based Turkmen alphabet
linked to: Turkmen alphabet