Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.