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Finnish and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
2   
13

National Language
Turkey   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
13   
3

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
Moi   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
günaydın   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
lütfen   
haluta   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Heippa   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Colloquial Finnish   

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

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

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Finland, Rauma   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
21   
19

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
Not Available   

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
Türkçe   
suomi / suomen kieli   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Suomi   

French Name
turc   
finnois   

German Name
Türkisch   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
1543   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
standard Finnish   

Language Position
19   
17
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
fin   

ISO 639 3
tur   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Turkish and Finnish Speaking population

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

Turkish and Finnish Language Codes

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

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