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Turkish vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
11  
5

National Language
Spain  
Turkey  

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
  • 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 Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
22  
12
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
hola  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Gracias  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Cómo estás?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Buenas Noches  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Bonne soirée  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Buenos Días  
günaydın  

Please
Por Favor  
lütfen  

Sorry
triste  
üzgünüm  

Bye
adiós  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Te Quiero  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00  
5
26,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Crimean Turkish  

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

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
8
480,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00  
9
140,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.95 %  
21

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
Español  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
espagnol; castillan  
turc  

German Name
Spanisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Turkish  

History

Origin
210 BC  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Turkic  

Branch
Not Available  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
2  
2
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
tur  

ISO 639 3
spa  
tur  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1288  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Spanish and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Turkish language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Turkish Language History.

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

Spanish vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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