Product Description

Turkmen, the official language of the Republic of Turkmenistan, is spoken by over 3 million people throughout the world, including areas of Afghanistan and Iran. This guide, complete with a bilingual dictionary and comprehensive phrasebook, is an essential tool for students, travelers, and businesspeople.

• More than 4,000 total dictionary entries
• Comprehensive phrasebook
• Concise grammar section
• Easy-to-use pronunciation guide
• Includes cultural information and a brief history of the Turkmen people

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #472888 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-30
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 207 pages

About the Author
Nicholas Awde is a linguist and Central Asia regional specialist based in London, U.K. He is the author of numerous publications for Hippocrene Books.

William Dirks is an expert on Turkic languages and an alumnus of the Turkmen Project at Indiana University. He previously co-authored, with Nicholas Awde, Hippocrene Books' Uzbek Dictionary & Phrasebook.

Amandurdy Amandurdyev is a native Turkmen speaker and language consultant.

Customer Reviews

A good start!
While it is great that Turkmen-English products in the 'new' Turkmen alphabet are available, some more attention could have been paid in the proofreading stages. The thing that immediately jumped out was the appearance of the letter 'Q' in Turkmen words. No such letter in their alphabet.

Having said that, though - It is, indeed, a very useful tool for people learning the language, or in search of a dictionary that facilitates translation of materials written in modern Turkmen (instead of transliterating in your head as you search for words in the old Cyrillic dictionary).

I hope the authors take no offense at my first remark, it is meant to be constructive!