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Arabic and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
23   
4

National Language
Turkey   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
مرحبا   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
günaydın   
صباح الخير   

Please
lütfen   
من فضلك   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
آسف   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
وداعا   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

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

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Sudanese   

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

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
Türkçe   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
turc   
arabe   

German Name
Türkisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Arabs   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
512 CE   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Semitic   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
19   
17
25   
21

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
ara   

ISO 639 3
tur   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Turkish and Arabic Speaking population

Turkish and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Turkish vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Arabic Language Codes

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

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