Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Turkey
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Merhaba
  
hej
  
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
İyi Geceler
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
günaydın
  
god morgon
  
Please
lütfen
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
üzgünüm
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Hoşçakal
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00
  
9
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Gagauz
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million
  
23
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
60.00 million
  
20
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Türkçe
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
turc
  
suédois
  
German Name
Türkisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Turkish
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
c. 1350
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Turkic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Turkic
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
tr
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tur
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
tur
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
tur
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1301
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available