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Turkish vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
11   
5

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

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

Alphabets
21   
3
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
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   

Dialects

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
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.95 %   
21

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   

History

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)   

Language Position
27   
23
19   
17

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Italian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Turkish language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Turkish Language History.

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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.

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