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Romanian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
11   
5

National Language
Moldova, Romania   
Turkey   

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
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
alo   
Merhaba   

Thank You
multumesc   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
ce mai faci?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
noapte Buna   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
buna Seara   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
bună Dimineața   
günaydın   

Please
Vă Rog   
lütfen   

Sorry
scuze   
üzgünüm   

Bye
La revedere   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Te iubesc   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
250,000.00   
38
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
1,400.00   
37
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
0.37 %   
35
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
24.00 million   
33
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million   
30
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Română   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
roumain; moldave   
turc   

German Name
Rumänisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Romanians   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1521   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Romanian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
36   
28
19   
17

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ro   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
rum   
tur   

ISO 639 3
ron   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
roma1327   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Romanian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Turkish language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Turkish Language History.

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

Romanian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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