There is no exact information about the number of languages that exist today. Studies show that there are nearly ten thousand languages in the world. Recent research, based on more specific data, shows that there are about 7,000 living languages in the world. It should also be noted that there is an uneven distribution between the number of languages and the number of speakers.

Today, a number of measures are taken to protect the languages and national identities of Turkic peoples living in different communities. Today, Turks live as a community in Russia, Iran, China, Bulgaria, Germany, Moldova, Georgia, Hungary and other countries. The policy towards the languages of the Turks in the mentioned countries is not at all satisfactory. The fact that the laws of the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China and the Islamic Republic of Iran do not guarantee the protection of the languages of the minority Turkic peoples by the state makes it difficult for the Turkic peoples living in these countries. Today, the isolation policy towards Turkic communities is carried out for specific political purposes in countries where a small number of Turkic people live predominantly.

In this article, we will try to talk about the language policy applied against Turks in Georgia, one of the countries where Turks live the most.

Contemporary Turkic societies, language policy, Turkic language, minority peoples, national identity.