Distribution area of the Turkic peoples in the 20th century

The Turkic language family comprises more than thirty languages spoken by approximately 200 million people. The distribution-area reaches from Eastern Europe all the way to China and Siberia. Since the individual Turkic languages strongly resemble each other, most Turkic peoples can communicate verbally with other Turkic peoples.

Distribution area of the Turkic peoples, graphic, 2006, creator: Postman Michael; source: Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verbreitungsgebiet_der_Turkv%C3%B6lker.png, public domain.