Kiçijik Şazada — in Turkmen language / Türkmençe / Türkmen Dili / Түркменче, which is the official language of Turkmenistan and the language of the Turkmen peoples of Central Asia. It is a Turkic language spoken by 3.5 million people in Turkmenistan as well as by around 719,000 people in northeastern Iran and 1.5 million people in northwestern Afghanistan.