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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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