Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Turkey
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Merhaba
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
İyi Geceler
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
günaydın
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
lütfen
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
üzgünüm
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Hoşçakal
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Türkçe
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
turc
  
arménien
  
German Name
Türkisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Turkish
  
Armenians
  
Origin
c. 1350
  
late 5th century
  
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
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
tr
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tur
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
tur
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
tur
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1301
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic