Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Turkey
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Merhaba
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
İyi Geceler
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
günaydın
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
lütfen
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
üzgünüm
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Hoşçakal
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00
  
9
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Türkçe
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
Not Available
  
French Name
turc
  
albanais
  
German Name
Türkisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Turkish
  
Albanians
  
Origin
c. 1350
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
tr
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tur
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
tur
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
tur
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1301
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic