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Armenian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
11   
5

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   
Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38   
20
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
32   
22
21   
11

Scripts
Armenian manuscript   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12   
9
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   
günaydın   

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   
lütfen   

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Ց'տեսություն   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

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

Dialect 2
Western Armenian   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Not Applicable   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Not Applicable   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
2   
2
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
6.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
arménien   
turc   

German Name
Armenisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Armenians   
Turkish   

History

Origin
late 5th century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hy   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
arm   
tur   

ISO 639 3
hye   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arme1241   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Armenian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Turkish language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century 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 Armenian and Turkish Language History.

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Armenian 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 Armenian and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Turkish language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Armenian vs Turkish Difficulty

The Armenian vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian 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 Armenian and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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