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Languages of Turkey - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_TurkeyTurkey has historically been the home to many now extinct languages. These include Hittite, the earliest Indo-European language for which written evidence exists (circa 1600 BCE to 1100 BCE when the Hittite Empire existed). The other Anatolian languages included Luwian and later Lycian, Lydian and Milyan.All these languages are believed to have become extinct at the …
Ethnicities in Iran - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnicities_in_IranLur people speak the Luri language and inhabit parts of west – south western Iran. Most Lur are Shi’a. They are the fourth largest ethnic group in Iran after the Persians, Azeri, and Kurds. They occupy Lorestan, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, Khuzestan, Isfahan, Fars, Bushehr and Kuh-Gilu-Boir Ahmed provinces. The authority of tribal elders remains a strong influence among the …
Juglans regia - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juglans_regiaJuglans regia, the Persian walnut, English walnut, Carpathian walnut, Madeira walnut, or especially in Great Britain, common walnut, is an Old World walnut tree species native to the region stretching from the Balkans eastward to the Himalayas and southwest China.It is widely cultivated across Europe.. It is the origin of cultivated varieties which produce the edible …
Northwest Caucasian languages - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Caucasian_languagesCircassian (Cherkess) is a cover term for the series of dialects that include the literary languages of Adyghe and Kabardian.. Adyghe. Adyghe is one of the more widely spoken Northwest Caucasian languages. It has 500,000 speakers spread throughout Russia and the Middle East: 280,000 in Turkey; 125,000 in Russia, where it is official in the Republic of …
Languages of Europe - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_EuropeMost languages of Europe belong to the Indo-European language family.Out of a total European population of 744 million as of 2018, some 94% are native speakers of an Indo-European language. Within Indo-European, the three largest phyla are Romance, Germanic, and Slavic, they have more than 200 million speakers each and together account for close to 90% of …
Languages of Azerbaijan - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_AzerbaijanThe primary and official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, a Turkic language closely related to and partially mutually intelligible with Modern Turkish. Together with Turkish, Turkmen and Gagauz, Azerbaijani is a member of Oghuz branch of southwestern group Turkic language family. Although Azerbaijani is used in the Republic of Azerbaijan, South Russia and Northern Iran, …
Russo-Circassian War - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Circassian_WarThe Russo-Circassian War (Adyghe: Урыс-адыгэ зауэ, romanized: Wurıs-adığə zawə; Russian: Русско-черкесская война; 1763–1864; also known as the Russian Invasion of Circassia) was the invasion of Circassia by Russia, starting in 1763 with the Russian Empire assuming authority in Circassia, followed by the ...
Circassian genocide - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassian_genocideThe Circassian genocide, or Tsitsekun, was the Russian Empire's systematic mass murder, ethnic cleansing, and expulsion of 80–97% of the Circassian population, around 800,000–1,500,000 people, during and after the Russo-Circassian War (1763–1864). The peoples planned for removal were mainly the Circassians, but other Muslim peoples of the …
Circassians in Israel - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circassians_in_IsraelCircassians in Israel (Adyghe: Израилым ис Адыгэхэр; Hebrew: הצ'רקסים בישראל) are Israelis who are ethnic Circassians.They are a branch of the Circassian diaspora, which was formed as a consequence of the 19th-century Circassian genocide that was carried out by the Russian Empire during the Russo-Circassian War; Circassians are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic …
Languages of Iran - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_IranLanguage policy and planning of Iran. The current language policy of Iran is addressed in Chapter Two of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Articles 15 & 16). It asserts that the Persian language is the lingua franca of the Iranian nation and as such, required for the school system and for all official government communications. In addition, the constitution recognizes the ...