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Turkish Armenian language finds new life through art

Once spoken by two million across the Ottoman Empire, Turkish Armenian has dwindled and is being kept alive and transformed through artistic expression.

Published Mar 27, 2026, 12:07 PM EDT | WFMZZ

Turkish Armenian, once used by about two million people across the Ottoman Empire, has become endangered following a century marked by massacres and mass emigration. Artists and cultural practitioners are helping the language evolve and persist by incorporating it into contemporary art and community initiatives.