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Turkish and Basque


Basque and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
2   
13

National Language
Turkey   
France, Spain   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Spanish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Kaixo   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
Gabon   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
günaydın   
Egun on   

Please
lütfen   
Mesedez   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
Barkatu   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Agur   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
France   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

Native Name
Türkçe   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
turc   
basque   

German Name
Türkisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Basque people   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Basque   

Language Position
19   
17
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
baq   

ISO 639 3
tur   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Turkish and Basque Speaking population

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

Turkish and Basque Language Codes

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

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