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Afrikaans and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
1   
14

National Language
Turkey   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
15   
12

How Many Consonants
21   
11
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
hallo   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
günaydın   
goeie more   

Please
lütfen   
asseblief   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
jammer   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Not Available   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Türkçe   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
turc   
afrikaans   

German Name
Türkisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
17th Century   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Germanic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
19   
17
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
afr   

ISO 639 3
tur   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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All Turkish and Afrikaans 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 Turkish and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Turkish and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Turkish are spoken in different Turkish Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Turkish vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish, Crimean Turkish. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Turkish and Afrikaans Speaking population

Turkish and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Turkish and Afrikaans on Turkish vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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