My Language : TURKISH TURKISH is my language and it will be the main topic for this essay particularly because I am Turkish myself and I am very much interested to look into the culture and background of my language . For this essay I will get background mainly from the work of linguist Karl Menges who wrote The Turkic Languages and People : An Introduction to Turkic Studies .The Turkish language found its roots from the Ural-Altaic languages that originated from as far west from Scandinavia , Hungary and Balkans in the west and Artic Ocean to the central part of Asia to the east . The Ural-Altaic languages have their own particular structure in terms of syntax , morphology and phonology . However , the Turkic language is found to be more developed under the Altaic category of language and at this point I would like to dwell on deeper to the history and characteristics of the Turkish that was derived from Altaic languages .The Altaic language is subcategorized into three branches : Turkic ,Mongolian , and Manchu-Tungus . The Turkic language is used in a large area , ranging from Anatolia to the Volga basin and Central Asia .History states that Orkhon inscription of the Turkic language were found in 8th century AD found near the rivers of now named Selenga in Mongolia . This language has evolved towards generation it had been used also by the religions and different knit groups . As time has passed , the Turkic language has been split into two branches – West Turkic and East Turkic…