# List of alphabets used by Turkic languages

There exist several alphabets used by Turkic languages, i.e. alphabets used to write Turkic languages:
* The New Turkic Alphabet (Yañalif) in use in the 1930s USSR (Latin)
* The Common Turkic Alphabet, proposed by Turkic Council to unify scripts in Turkic languages (Latin)

## Current languages

* Any alphabet in use for writing Turkic languages:
| Language | Alphabet | Latin | Cyrillic | Perso-Arabic |
| Altai language (south) | Altai alphabets | Historical | Official | |
| Altai language (north) | Altai alphabets | Historical | Widely used | |
| Äynu language | Äynu alphabet | | | In China |
| Azerbaijani language | Azerbaijani alphabet | Official In Azerbaijan | Official In Dagestan (Russia) | Official In Iran |
| Bashkir language | Bashkir alphabet | Historical | Official | Historical |
| Chulym language | Chulym alphabet | | In Russia | |
| Chuvash language | Chuvash alphabet | | Official | Historical |
| Crimean Tatar language | Crimean Tatar alphabet | Official In Ukraine | Official | Historical |
| Dolgan language | Dolgan alphabet | Historical | In Russia | |
| Gagauz language | Gagauz alphabet | Official | Historical | |
| Ili Turki language | Ili Turki alphabet | Mostly unwritten | Mostly unwritten | |
| Karachay-Balkar language | Karachay-Balkar alphabet | Historical | Official | Historical |
| Karaim language | Karaim alphabets | In Lithuania | In Crimea | |
| Karakalpak language | Karakalpak alphabet | Official | Widely used | Historical |
| Kazakh language | Kazakh alphabets | Official In Kazakhstan Transition by 2025 | Widely used | Official In Xinjiang of China |
| Khakas language | Khakas alphabet | Historical | Official | |
| Khalaj language | Khalaj alphabet | | | In Iran |
| Khorasani Turkic | Khorasani Turkic alphabet | | | In Iran |
| Krymchak language | Krymchak alphabet | Historical | In Crimea | |
| Kumyk language | Kumyk alphabet | Historical | Official | Historical |
| Kyrgyz language | Kyrgyz alphabets | Historical, future adoption | Official | In Xinjiang of China |
| Nogai language | Nogai alphabets | Historical | Official | Historical |
| Qashqai language | Qashqai alphabet | | | In Iran |
| Salar language | Salar alphabets | Widely used Pinyin-based alphabet also used | | Widely used |
| Shor language | Shor alphabet | Historical | In Russia | |
| Siberian Tatar language | Siberian Tatar alphabet | Historical | In Russia | |
| Tatar language | Tatar alphabet | Widely used: Zamanälif Historical: Yañalif | Official | Historical: İske imlâ alphabet Yaña imlâ |
| Tofa language | Tofa alphabet | | In Russia | |
| Turkish language | Turkish alphabet | Official | | Historical: Ottoman Turkish alphabet |
| Turkmen language | Turkmen alphabet | Official | Widely used | Historical |
| Tuvan language | Tuvan alphabet | Historical | Official | |
| Urum language | Urum alphabet | Historical | Widely used | |
| Uyghur language | Uyghur alphabets | Still used: Uyghur Latin alphabet Historical: Uyghur Pinyin alphabet | Still used: Uyghur Cyrillic alphabet | Official: Uyghur Arabic alphabet Historical: Chagatai script |
| Uzbek language | Uzbek alphabet | Official in Uzbekistan | Widely used | Official in Afghanistan |
| Western Yugur language | Western Yugur alphabet | In China | | |
| Yakut language | Yakut alphabet | Historical | Official | |
^ a: Historically written in Greek script ^ b: Also written in Hebrew script ^ c: Also written in Chinese characters ^ d: Historically, Armenian script is used infrequently

## Extinct languages

* The medieval Old Turkic script (Göktürk script, Orkhon script, Orkhon-Yenisey script, ISO 15924: Orkh) for Old Turkic language
* Old Uyghur alphabet (ISO 15924: Ougr) for Old Uyghur language
* Cuman language (Latin)
* Karamanli Turkish written in Greek script