tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175890615529726581.post8140694609391768086..comments2024-01-15T22:10:32.951+03:00Comments on The Turkish Life: We're number 5!The Turkish Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02298420450701642296noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175890615529726581.post-62959574654288089622011-03-23T07:23:13.333+02:002011-03-23T07:23:13.333+02:00I do think the number includes other Turkic langua...I do think the number includes other Turkic languages -- which many people have told me are quite close to Turkish, especially Azeri, although obviously experiences vary on this.The Turkish Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298420450701642296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175890615529726581.post-5932144809375491722011-03-23T05:36:56.506+02:002011-03-23T05:36:56.506+02:00I saw another Turkish website state that it was th...I saw another Turkish website state that it was the 5th most spoken language, so I did some googling of "most spoken languages" and "most common language in world," and after looking at about 20 different lists, the highest I ever saw Turkish ranked was at #15 with 69 million speakers. I don't know where this 220 million number comes from - maybe they're including other Turkic languages in the estimate?<br /><br />But, there are only around 13 million Greek speakers, so Turkish is still beating Greek by a lot!crackers and cheesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15903450123621135348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5175890615529726581.post-41277011726273311062011-03-23T02:05:15.284+02:002011-03-23T02:05:15.284+02:00That's a fallacy. All those languages that are...That's a fallacy. All those languages that are spoken in Central Asia have very little in common with the language spoken in Turkey. As a native Turkish speaker, I have a hard time communicating even with Azeri's.Avramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11359609835491131535noreply@blogger.com