Careful here — the line above describes the country, but the country is Turkmenistan, and the word Turkmen means something a bit narrower. Turkmen is the people, the language, and the adjective.

Careful here小心一下 — the line above上面那一行 describes the country說的是這個國家, but the country但這個國家 is Turkmenistan是土庫曼, and the word Turkmen而 Turkmen 這個字 means something a bit narrower意思要窄一點。Turkmen是 is the people指的是這個民族, the language語言, and the adjective還有形容詞。

A Turkmen is a person of that ethnic group, most of whom live in Turkmenistan, though there are also large numbers in Iran and Afghanistan.

A Turkmen一個 Turkmen 人 is a person of that ethnic group是屬於這個民族的人, most of whom live in Turkmenistan其中大多數住在土庫曼, though there are also large numbers不過也有大量人口 in Iran and Afghanistan住在伊朗和阿富汗。

Turkmen is also the language they speak, which is a Turkic language, related to Turkish but not the same — a Turkish speaker and a Turkmen speaker can catch some of each other's words, the way a Mandarin speaker catches some Cantonese, but they are not simply the same language.

Turkmen也 is also the language they speak是他們說的語言, which is a Turkic language屬於突厥語族, related to Turkish but not the same跟土耳其語有關但不是同一種語言 — a Turkish speaker土耳其語使用者 and a Turkmen speaker跟 Turkmen 語使用者 can catch some of each other's words可以聽懂彼此的一些字, the way a Mandarin speaker catches some Cantonese就像說國語的人能聽懂一點廣東話一樣, but they are not simply the same language但兩者並不是同一種語言。

And Turkmen works as an adjective: Turkmen carpets, Turkmen music, the Turkmen language. The plural is usually Turkmen too, unchanged, like sheep — "three Turkmen", not "three Turkmens", although you will see Turkmens written sometimes and nobody will misunderstand you.

Turkmen也能 works as an adjective當形容詞用: Turkmen carpets土庫曼地毯, Turkmen music土庫曼音樂, the Turkmen language土庫曼語。The plural複數 is usually Turkmen too通常也還是 Turkmen, unchanged不變, like sheep就像 sheep 一樣 — 'three Turkmen'「three Turkmen」, not 'three Turkmens'而不是「three Turkmens」, although you will see Turkmens written sometimes不過你有時也會看到寫成 Turkmens, and nobody will misunderstand you不會有人誤會的。

The older English word for the same people is Turkoman or Turcoman, which you meet in history books and carpet catalogues.

The older English word較舊的英文用字 for the same people指同一群人的 is Turkoman or Turcoman是 Turkoman 或 Turcoman, which you meet你會在 in history books and carpet catalogues歷史書和地毯目錄裡看到。

This is a low-frequency word. You will meet it in news reports, in geography class, and on the label of an expensive rug, and almost nowhere else. Do not worry about producing it; recognising it is enough.

This這個字 is a low-frequency word使用頻率很低。You will meet it你會 in news reports在新聞報導, in geography class地理課, and on the label of an expensive rug還有昂貴地毯的標籤上遇到它, and almost nowhere else其他地方幾乎不會出現。Do not worry about producing it不用擔心自己要會講出來; recognising it認得它 is enough就夠了。