Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Turkey
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Merhaba
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
günaydın
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
lütfen
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
üzgünüm
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Hoşçakal
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Greece
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Griko
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Italy
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
turc
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Türkisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
nucl1301
gree1276
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Turkish and Greek Speaking population
Turkish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Turkish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Turkish and Greek Language Codes
Turkish and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.