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Turkish and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
11   
5

National Language
Russia   
Turkey   

Second Language
Afganistan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   
Turkish Language Association   

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   
Merhaba   

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   
günaydın   

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   
lütfen   

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)   
üzgünüm   

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Olonets   
Crimean Turkish   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Novgorod   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Novgorod   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
13   
13
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million   
6
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
2.33 %   
9
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
166.00 million   
8
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million   
7
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Русский   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Russki   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
russe   
turc   

German Name
Russisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Russians   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Turkic   

Branch
Eastern   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Standard Russian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
7   
7
19   
17

Signed Forms
Signed Russian   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ru   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
rus   
tur   

ISO 639 3
rus   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
russ1263   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea   
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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All Russian and Turkish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Turkish dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Turkish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Turkish Dialects are spoken in different Turkish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Turkish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish , Crimean Turkish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Turkish Speaking population

Russian and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Turkish on Russian vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Turkish Language Codes

Russian and Turkish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Turkish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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