Cypriot Turkish | |
---|---|
Kıbrıs Türkçesi | |
Native to | Cyprus (island) |
Region | Cyprus and Turkish Cypriot diaspora |
Ethnicity | Turkish Cypriots |
no formal writing (Cypriot people write in Istanbul Turkish) | |
Official status | |
Regulated by | unregulated (Istanbul Turkish is used in education, broadcast and legal matters) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | cypr1251 |
IETF | tr-CY |
Cypriot Turkish (Kıbrıs Türkçesi) is a dialect of the Turkish language spoken by Turkish Cypriots both in Cyprus and among its diaspora.