Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Turkey
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Turkish Language Association
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Azerbaijani Language
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
ciao
  
Merhaba
  
Thank You
grazie
  
teşekkür ederim
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Nasılsın?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
İyi Geceler
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
İyi Akşamlar
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
Tünaydın
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
günaydın
  
Please
Per Favore
  
lütfen
  
Sorry
scusate
  
üzgünüm
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
Hoşçakal
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
Seni seviyorum
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Afedersiniz
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
26,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Crimean Turkish
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Gagauz
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
75.00 million
  
23
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
60.00 million
  
20
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
Italiano
  
Türkçe
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
French Name
italien
  
turc
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Türkisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Turkish
  
Origin
960 BC
  
c. 1350
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Turkish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
tr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
tur
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
tur
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
tur
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
nucl1301
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
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
  
Italian 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 Italian and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Turkish language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Turkish Difficulty
The Italian vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.