GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Cyprus has two official languages: Greek and Turkish. The island is divided into two, and the Cypriot Turks live to the north, the Greek Cypriots to the south. Around 2.7% of each also speak the minority languages Armenian and Arabic, and most of these also speak Greek.

Detailed explanation-2: -The island is shared by the Republic of Cyprus, Northern Cyprus (a country only recognized by Turkey), and the British Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia. The Republic of Cyprus has a population of 888, 000 (2020), about 1.2 million people live on the island (including Northern Cyprus).

Detailed explanation-3: -Here it is used in the Arcadian Cypriot dialect and is spoken by 80% of the population. The second official language of Cyprus, Turkish, came to the island at the time of its capture by the Ottoman Empire (late 16th century). Until 1976, members of the Muslim community used both dialects. Today they speak only Turkish.

Detailed explanation-4: -Since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, Turkish is found almost exclusively in Northern Cyprus, with approximately 300, 000 native Turkish speakers (including all dialects of Turkish) as of 2016 and 1, 400 speakers in the south as of 2013.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC, Turkish Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti) is a republic on the northern and eastern side of the island of Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Turkey.