Countries
South Africa
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Bye
Not Available
Hoşçakal
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Not Available
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Namibia
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
afrikaans
turc
German Name
Afrikaans
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Turkish
Origin
17th Century
c. 1350
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Western
Southwestern(Oghuz)
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
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
nucl1301
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic
Afrikaans and Turkish Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Turkish language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Turkish Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Turkish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.