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
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 in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
أحبك
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
اعذرني
Afedersiniz
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
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Sudan
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
Levantine
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Arabisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Turkic Family
Branch
North Arabic
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
arab1395
nucl1301
Linguasphere
12-AAC
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Arabic 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 Arabic and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Turkish language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Turkish Difficulty
The Arabic vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.