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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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