Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Turkey
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
متشکرم
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
İyi Geceler
شب بخیر
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
günaydın
صبح به خیر
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
German Name
Türkisch
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Persian people
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Iranian
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Persian
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
fars1254
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Turkish and Persian Speaking population
Turkish and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Turkish vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Turkish and Persian Language Codes
Turkish and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.