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Turkish vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
11   
5

National Language
France   
Turkey   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Merci   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
günaydın   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
lütfen   

Sorry
désolé   
üzgünüm   

Bye
au revoir   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
African French   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
français   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Français   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
français   
turc   

German Name
Französisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Turkish   

History

Origin
9th Century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
13   
12
19   
17

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
tur   

ISO 639 3
fra   
tur   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
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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French and Turkish Language History

Comparison of French vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of French and Turkish language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French and Turkish Language History.

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

French vs Turkish Difficulty

The French vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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