Turkish Language Overview

Turkish is spoken by about fifty million people in Turkey and is the co-official language of Cyprus.

Whilst Turkish has a number of properties that are similar to those of other Turkic languages, it has distinct and interesting characteristics which are given full coverage in this book.

Content and Approach

Jaklin Kornfilt provides a wealth of examples drawn from different levels of vocabulary: contemporary and old, official and colloquial. They are accompanied by a detailed grammatical analysis and English translation.