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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
11   
5

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Turkey   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Thank you   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Good Night   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
günaydın   

Please
Please   
lütfen   

Sorry
Sorry   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Bye   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
I love you   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
English   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
anglais   
turc   

German Name
Englisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Turkish   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
3   
3
19   
17

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
tur   

ISO 639 3
eng   
tur   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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English and Turkish Language History

Comparison of English vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of English and Turkish language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Turkish Language History.

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

English vs Turkish Difficulty

The English vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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