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Turkish language is one of the members of the Altaic group of languages which were originated about a thousand years ago in the Altay mountain range of Northern Siberia. It is a prominent language of the Altaic group and was spread south westwards due to the expansion of Nomadic Turkish tribes. After it was made the official language by the Ottoman Empire, it also spread to North Africa, Middle East and Europe. Nowadays, 70 million natives of Turkey and Cyprus speak Turkish. Turkish is also spoken by the minorities belong to Bulgaria, Germany, Greece and Iraq. The Turkish language has a strong influence of Uzbek and Azeri languages. A large number of worlds used in Turkish vocabulary are borrowed from Arabic and Persian language. Before the reforms brought by Kamal Ataturk, the Caliph of Turkey, in 1928, the Turkish language was written in Arabo-Persian script, but now it is written in a modified Latin Script.