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Afrikaans and Turkish


Turkish and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
South Africa   
Turkey   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
8   
5

How Many Consonants
17   
7
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Dankie   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
goeie more   
günaydın   

Please
asseblief   
lütfen   

Sorry
jammer   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Not Available   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
afrikaans   
turc   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Turkish   

History

Origin
17th Century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Turkic   

Branch
Western   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
tur   

ISO 639 3
afr   
tur   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Synthetic   

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All Afrikaans and Turkish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Turkish dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Turkish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Turkish Dialects are spoken in different Turkish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Turkish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish , Crimean Turkish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Turkish Speaking population

Afrikaans and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Turkish on Afrikaans vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Turkish Language Codes

Afrikaans and Turkish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Turkish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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