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Turkish vs 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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Russian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Turkish language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 AD 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 Russian and Turkish Language History.

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

Russian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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