Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
Turkey
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Merhaba
  
Habari
  
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
İyi Geceler
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
günaydın
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
lütfen
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
üzgünüm
  
pole
  
Bye
Hoşçakal
  
bye
  
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00
  
9
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Dar es Salaam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
Not Available
  
Native Name
Türkçe
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
turc
  
swahili
  
German Name
Türkisch
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Turkish
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
c. 1350
  
6th century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
tr
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tur
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
tur
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
tur
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1301
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Turkish and Swahili Speaking population
Turkish and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili on Turkish vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Turkish and Swahili Language Codes
Turkish and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.