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German and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
7  
8

National Language
Turkey  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
21  
11
9  
1

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
hallo  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Danke  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
günaydın  
guten Morgen  

Please
lütfen  
bitte  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Swiss German  

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

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
9
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
29
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
26
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
21
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Türkçe  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
turc  
allemand  

German Name
Türkisch  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Germans  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Germanic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
19  
17
9  
9

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
ger  

ISO 639 3
tur  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Turkish and German Speaking population

Turkish and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and German languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Turkish vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and German Language Codes

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

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