Turkmen

• Alternate names: Trukhmen, Trukhmeny, Turkmani, Turkmanian, Turkmenler, Turkomans Also: in Afghanistan -- Turkman, Turkmencha, Turkmeni; in Iran -- Torkomani; in Russian Federation -- Trukhmen; in Turkey -- Trukhmen
• Scriptures published: New Testament (1880--2005) Portions (1880--1994)
• Literacy: No information available.
• Primary country: Turkmenistan
• Also used in: Afghanistan, Germany, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Turkey, United States, Uzbekistan
• Religion: Muslim (Sunni)
• Livelihood: Agriculturalists: cotton; animal husbandry: sheep; carpet weavers; gas, oil workers
• Status: Statutory language of provincial identity in Afghanistan; Statutory national language in Turkmenistan
• Number of users: 7,560,560 (3,430,000 in Turkmenistan (1995); 1,500,000 in Afghanistan (2009); 2,000,000 in Iran (1997); 30,800; 920 in Turkey (1982))

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Turkmen
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Turkmen on the web
• Joshua Project: Turkmen — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Turkmen — detailed linguistic information.