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The Iraqi Turkmen (also spelled as Turkoman and Turcoman; Turkish: Irak Türkmenleri عراق توركمنلری), also referred to as Iraqi Turks, [12] [13] Turkish-Iraqis, [14] the Turkish minority in Iraq, [13] and the Iraqi-Turkish minority [15] (Arabic: تركمان العراق, romanized: Turkumān al-ʻIrāq; Turkish: Irak Türkleri عراق توركلری, Kurdish: تورکمانی ...
In 1997 the Iraqi Turkmen/Turkoman adopted the Turkish alphabet as the formal written language [3] [4] and by 2005 the community leaders decided that the Turkish language would replace traditional Turkmeni (which had used the Arabic script) in Iraqi schools. [5] In addition, the Neo-Aramaic languages use the Syriac script.
The Turkmen language, unlike other languages of the Oghuz branch, preserved most of the unique and archaic features of the language spoken by the early Oghuz Turks, including phonemic vowel length. [15] Iraqi and Syrian "Turkmen" speak dialects that form a continuum between Turkish and Azerbaijani, in both cases heavily influenced by Arabic and ...
The most spoken language is Mesopotamian Arabic, followed by Kurdish, Iraqi Turkmen dialects and Syriac. The percentages of different ethno-religious groups residing in Iraq vary from source to source due to the last Iraqi census having taken place over 30 years ago. A new census of Iraq was planned to take place in 2020. [49] [25] [26] [27] [50]
Arabic and Kurdish are the two official languages of Iraq. Arabic is taught across all schools in Iraq, however in the north the Kurdish language is the most spoken. Eastern Aramaic languages, such as Syriac and Mandaic are spoken, as well as the Iraqi Turkmen language, and various other indigenous languages.
The Iraqi Turkmen speak a western Oghuz language, historically called Türkî, [1] which is often referred to as "Iraqi Turkmen", [2] "Iraqi Turkish", [3] or "Iraqi Turkic" in linguistic sources. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] Officially, Iraq had recognized Turkish as a minority language in 1932, [ 5 ] until the military junta introduced the names "Turkman" and ...
The Iraqi Turkmen/Turkomans generally consider several major cities, and small districts associated with these cities, as part of their homeland. [7] The major cities claimed to be a part of Turkmeneli, in a north-to-south order, include: Mosul, Erbil, Kirkuk, Tuz Khurmatu (maybe sometimes even Tikrit) and Tal Afar, Sancar Altun Kupri, Kifri, Khanaqin, Kizil Ribat, Bakuba and Mendeli. [7]
Iraqi Turkmen organizations (1 C, 1 P) P. ... Turkish-language Iraqi poets (5 P) Turkmen communities in Iraq (26 P) Pages in category "Iraqi Turkmens"