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Turkish and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
11   
5

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
28   
18
21   
11

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Merhaba   

Thank You
شكرا   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
günaydın   

Please
من فضلك   
lütfen   

Sorry
آسف   
üzgünüm   

Bye
وداعا   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
أحبك   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

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

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
arabe   
turc   

German Name
Arabisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Turkish   

History

Origin
512 CE   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Turkic   

Branch
North Arabic   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
25   
21
19   
17

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
tur   

ISO 639 3
ara   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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All Arabic 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 Arabic and Turkish dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Turkish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Turkish Dialects are spoken in different Turkish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Turkish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish , Crimean Turkish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Turkish Speaking population

Arabic and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Turkish on Arabic vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Turkish Language Codes

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

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