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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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