List of alphabets used by Turkic languages

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

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

Current languages

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  Scripts used in local Wikipedia editions
  Scripts used in Wikipedia localizations
Language Alphabet Latin Cyrillic Perso-Arabic
Altai language (south) Altai alphabets Historical Official
Altai language (north) Historical Widely used
Äynu language Äynu alphabet In China
Azerbaijani language Azerbaijani alphabet Official
In Azerbaijan
Official
In Dagestan (Russia)
Official
In Iran
Bashkir language Bashkir alphabet Historical Official Historical
Chulym language Chulym alphabet In Russia
Chuvash language Chuvash alphabet Official Historical
Crimean Tatar language Crimean Tatar alphabet Official
In Ukraine
Official Historical
Dolgan language Dolgan alphabet Historical In Russia
Gagauz language Gagauz alphabet[a] Official Historical
Ili Turki language Ili Turki alphabet Mostly unwritten Mostly unwritten
Karachay-Balkar language Karachay-Balkar alphabet Historical Official Historical
Karaim language Karaim alphabets[b] In Lithuania In Crimea
Karakalpak language Karakalpak alphabet Official Widely used Historical
Kazakh language Kazakh alphabets Official
In Kazakhstan
Transition by 2025
Widely used Official
In Xinjiang of China
Khakas language Khakas alphabet Historical Official
Khalaj language Khalaj alphabet In Iran
Khorasani Turkic Khorasani Turkic alphabet In Iran
Krymchak language Krymchak alphabet[b] Historical In Crimea
Kumyk language Kumyk alphabet Historical Official Historical
Kyrgyz language Kyrgyz alphabets Historical, future adoption[1] Official In Xinjiang of China
Nogai language Nogai alphabets Historical Official Historical
Qashqai language Qashqai alphabet In Iran
Salar language Salar alphabets[c] Widely used
Pinyin-based alphabet also used
Widely used
Shor language Shor alphabet Historical In Russia
Siberian Tatar language Siberian Tatar alphabet Historical In Russia
Tatar language Tatar alphabet Widely used:
Zamanälif
Historical:
Yañalif
Official Historical:
İske imlâ alphabet
Yaña imlâ
Tofa language Tofa alphabet In Russia
Turkish language Turkish alphabet[d] Official Historical:
Ottoman Turkish alphabet
Turkmen language Turkmen alphabet Official Widely used Historical
Tuvan language Tuvan alphabet Historical Official
Urum language Urum alphabet[a] Historical Widely used
Uyghur language Uyghur alphabets Still used:
Uyghur Latin alphabet
Historical:
Uyghur Pinyin alphabet
Still used:
Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet
Official:
Uyghur Arabic alphabet
Historical:
Chagatai script
Uzbek language Uzbek alphabet Official in Uzbekistan Widely used Official in Afghanistan
Western Yugur language Western Yugur alphabet In China
Yakut language Yakut alphabet Historical Official

^ 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

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References

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