Most common scripts used by Turkic languages
  Latin
  Cyrillic
  Perso-arabic
  Latin & cyrillic

There exist several alphabets used by Turkic languages, i.e. alphabets used to write Turkic languages:

Current languages

  Scripts used in local Wikipedia editions
  Scripts used in Wikipedia localizations
LanguageAlphabetLatinCyrillicPerso-Arabic
Altai language (south)Altai alphabetsHistoricalOfficial
Altai language (north)HistoricalWidely used
Äynu languageÄynu alphabetIn China
Azerbaijani languageAzerbaijani alphabetOfficial
In Azerbaijan
Official
In Dagestan (Russia)
Official
In Iran
Bashkir languageBashkir alphabetHistoricalOfficialHistorical
Chulym languageChulym alphabetIn Russia
Chuvash languageChuvash alphabetOfficialHistorical
Crimean Tatar languageCrimean Tatar alphabetOfficial
In Ukraine
OfficialHistorical
Dolgan languageDolgan alphabetHistoricalIn Russia
Gagauz languageGagauz alphabet[a]OfficialHistorical
Ili Turki languageIli Turki alphabetMostly unwrittenMostly unwritten
Karachay-Balkar languageKarachay-Balkar alphabetHistoricalOfficialHistorical
Karaim languageKaraim alphabets[b]In LithuaniaIn Crimea
Karakalpak languageKarakalpak alphabetOfficialWidely usedHistorical
Kazakh languageKazakh alphabetsOfficial
In Kazakhstan
Transition by 2025
Widely usedOfficial
In Xinjiang of China
Khakas languageKhakas alphabetHistoricalOfficial
Khalaj languageKhalaj alphabetIn Iran
Khorasani TurkicKhorasani Turkic alphabetIn Iran
Krymchak languageKrymchak alphabet[b]HistoricalIn Crimea
Kumyk languageKumyk alphabetHistoricalOfficialHistorical
Kyrgyz languageKyrgyz alphabetsHistorical, future adoption[1]OfficialIn Xinjiang of China
Nogai languageNogai alphabetsHistoricalOfficialHistorical
Qashqai languageQashqai alphabetIn Iran
Salar languageSalar alphabets[c]Widely used
Pinyin-based alphabet also used
Widely used
Shor languageShor alphabetHistoricalIn Russia
Siberian Tatar languageSiberian Tatar alphabetHistoricalIn Russia
Tatar languageTatar alphabetWidely used:
Zamanälif
Historical:
Yañalif
OfficialHistorical:
İske imlâ alphabet
Yaña imlâ
Tofa languageTofa alphabetIn Russia
Turkish languageTurkish alphabet[d]OfficialHistorical:
Ottoman Turkish alphabet
Turkmen languageTurkmen alphabetOfficialWidely usedHistorical
Tuvan languageTuvan alphabetHistoricalOfficial
Urum languageUrum alphabet[a]HistoricalWidely used
Uyghur languageUyghur alphabetsStill used:
Uyghur Latin alphabet
Historical:
Uyghur Pinyin alphabet
Still used:
Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet
Official:
Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Historical:
Chagatai script
Uzbek languageUzbek alphabetOfficial in UzbekistanWidely usedOfficial in Afghanistan
Western Yugur languageWestern Yugur alphabetIn China
Yakut languageYakut alphabetHistoricalOfficial

^ a: Historically written in Greek script
^ b: Also written in Hebrew script
^ c: Also written in Chinese characters
^ d: Historically, Armenian script is used infrequently

Extinct languages

References

  1. "Kyrgyzstan to adopt Latin alphabet, in blow to 'Russian order': report". PolskieRadio.pl. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
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