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name: locale-tk-tm
description: Use when working with the Turkmen (Turkmenistan) locale (`tk-TM`) — its endonym Türkmençe (Türkmenistan), Latin script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.
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# Locale: Turkmen (Turkmenistan) (tk-TM)

Reference data for the **Turkmen (Turkmenistan)** locale — endonym **Türkmençe (Türkmenistan)**, written in the Latin script, left-to-right (LTR).

## Identifiers

- **BCP 47 tag:** `tk-TM`
- **ISO 639-1:** `tk`
- **ISO 639-3:** `tuk`
- **Script:** Latn (Latin)
- **Region:** TM (Turkmenistan)
- **Text direction:** ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

## Speakers (approximate)

- **L1 (native):** 6,800,000
- **L2 (additional):** 1,000,000
- **L1+L2 (total):** 7,800,000

## Base locale

This is a regional variant of [[locale-tk-001]] (Turkmen), the base/macro locale for this language.

## Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: **one**, **other** (2 forms).

- **one** — `n = 1` (e.g. 1)
- **other** — everything else (e.g. 0, 2~16, 100, 1000, …)

See [[unicode-messageformat]] for writing plural messages using these categories.

## Translating into this locale

Apply [[locale-tk-001]] with the conventions of Turkmenistan.

- **Context:** Turkmen is the state language and Russian is used in some official contexts. Official content follows government terminology and style.
- **Formats:** manat; dates `17.10.2026`; 24-hour clock; decimal comma.

## Common pitfalls

- Using Cyrillic Turkmen.
- Using informal tone in official content.
- The general pitfalls in [[locale-tk-001]] also apply.

## Learn more

- [[locale]] for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
- [[unicode-messageformat]] for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
- Unicode CLDR locale data for number, date, and currency formats (https://cldr.unicode.org)