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Arabic vs Turkish


Turkish vs 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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Arabic and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Turkish language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Turkish Language History.

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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.

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