Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Turkey
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Merhaba
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
İyi Geceler
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
günaydın
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
lütfen
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
üzgünüm
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
Hoşçakal
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Türkçe
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
turc
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Türkisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Turkish
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
c. 1350
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
tr
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tur
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
tur
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
tur
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1301
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic