Cypriot Turkish
| Cypriot Turkish | |
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| Kıbrıs Türkçesi | |
| Native to | Northern Cyprus, Cyprus |
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Native speakers
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177,000 all varieties of Turkish in Cyprus (1995) |
| Latin (Turkish alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | None |
Cypriot Turkish (Turkish: Kıbrıs Türkçesi) is a dialect of the Turkish language spoken by Turkish Cypriots both in Cyprus and among its diaspora.
Emanating from Anatolia and evolved for four centuries, Cypriot Turkish is the vernacular spoken by Cypriots with Ottoman ancestry, as well as by Cypriots who converted to Islam during Ottoman rule. It is understood by expatriate Cypriots living in the UK, United States, Australia and other parts of the world.
Cypriot Turkish consists of a blend of Ottoman Turkish and the Yörük dialect that is spoken in the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey. In addition it has absorbed influences from Greek, Italian and English.
Cypriot Turkish is mutually intelligible with Standard Turkish.
Cypriot Turkish is distinguished by a number of sound alternations not found in standard Turkish, but some of which are also quite common in other Turkish vernaculars:
The last two alternations are more specific to Cypriot Turkish.
Cypriot Turkish is structured as VO language as opposed to standard Turkish which is OV language. It is very typical in forming a question.
Cypriot Turkish uses the aorist tense instead of the present continuous tense, and very often in place of the future tense as well.
Cypriot Turkish does not use the narrative/indefinite past, and only uses the simple past instead.
Cypriot Turkish also lacks the question suffix of "mi".
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