Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Turkey
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Merhaba
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
İyi Geceler
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
günaydın
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
lütfen
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
üzgünüm
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
Hoşçakal
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00
  
9
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Myanmar
  
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
43.00 million
  
30
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Türkçe
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
turc
  
birman
  
German Name
Türkisch
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Turkish
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
c. 1350
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Modern Burmese
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
tr
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tur
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
tur
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
tur
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1301
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating