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Greek and Turkish History


Turkish and Greek Language History


History

Origin
1500 BC   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
74   
99+
19   
17

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

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Early forms of Greek and Turkish

The Early forms of Greek and Turkish explains the evolution of Greek and Turkish languages which is under Greek and Turkish history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Greek and Turkish history we will understand how the Greek and Turkish languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Greek: Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek.
  • Early forms of Turkish: Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish.
  • Standard forms of Greek: Modern Greek.
  • Standard forms of Turkish: Ottoman Turkish(defunct).
  • Signed forms of Greek: Greek Sign Language
  • Signed forms of Turkish: Greek Sign Language

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Greek and Turkish Language Family

In Greek and Turkish history, you will get to know about Greek and Turkish language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Greek is a part of Indo-European Family while Turkish is a part of Turkic Family. The subgroup and branch of Greek is Hellenic and Not Available resp. The subgroup and branch of Turkish is Turkic and Southwestern(Oghuz) resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Greek and Turkish language on Greek vs Turkish alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Greek vs Turkish Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Greek vs Turkish language rank. Greek and Turkish history gives you Greek and Turkish language rank. The Greek language rank is 74. And Turkish language rank is 19. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Greek vs Turkish.

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