The journal Turkic Languages is devoted to linguistic Turcology. It addresses descriptive, comparative, synchronic, diachronic, theoretical, and methodological problems of the study of Turkic languages including questions of genetic, typological and areal relations, linguistic variation, and language acquisition. The journal aims at presenting work of current interest on a variety of subjects, and thus welcomes contributions on all aspects of Turkic language studies. It contains articles, review articles, reviews, discussions, reports, and surveys of publications. The journal uses a double blind review system in selecting articles for publication. The preferred language of publication is English. From the contents (altogether 10 contributions): Lars Johanson, Two-consonant conjuncts in Turkic runiform texts Orçun Ünal, A word of Turkic origin in Altaic languages: *pirŭ- ‘to foretell’ Tacettin Turgay, Generic markers in Turkish Ao Pan, How women speak Salar: The relationship between gender and evidentiality Ninel V. Malyševa & Marina A. Osorova, Yakut names of medicinal plants Vacide Köse & Javanshir Shibliyev, Languages compete and communities coexist in a peaceful Cypriot mixed village