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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

11
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

Turkey

1.4 Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

1.6 Minority Language

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania

1.7 Regulated By

Turkish Language Association

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Azerbaijani Language

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Latin

2.5 Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

Merhaba

3.2 Thank You

teşekkür ederim

3.3 How Are You?

Nasılsın?

3.4 Good Night

İyi Geceler

3.5 Good Evening

İyi Akşamlar

3.6 Good Afternoon

Tünaydın

3.7 Good Morning

günaydın

3.8 Please

lütfen

3.9 Sorry

üzgünüm

3.10 Bye

Hoşçakal

3.11 I Love You

Seni seviyorum

3.12 Excuse Me

Afedersiniz

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Azerbaijani Turkish

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

26,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Crimean Turkish

4.2.1 Where They Speak

Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

480,000.00
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Gagauz

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

140,000.00
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

75.00 million
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.95 %
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

60.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

15.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

Türkçe

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Anatolian, Türkisch

5.3.4 French Name

turc

5.3.5 German Name

Türkisch

5.4 Pronunciation

[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]

5.5 Ethnicity

Turkish

6 History

6.1 Origin

c. 1350

6.2 Language Family

Turkic Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Turkic

6.2.2 Branch

Southwestern(Oghuz)

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Ottoman Turkish(defunct)

6.3.3 Language Position

19
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Turkish Sign Language

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

tr

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

tur

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

tur

7.3 ISO 639 3

tur

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

nucl1301

7.6 Linguasphere

44-AAB-a

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic

Origin of Turkish language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Turkish language is one of the Best Languages to Learn. The origin of Turkish language states that it was put to use in c. 1350. The history of Turkish language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Turkish Language History.The evolution of Turkish language began with early forms such as Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish. Ottoman Turkish(defunct) is the standard form of Turkish language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Turkish Language.

Turkish population

Turkish population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Turkish language. Turkish language is spoken by 75.00 million people in the world. Most of the Turkish population lies in the Turkish Speaking Countries. Turkish language is spoken as first language by 60.00 million people and as second language by about 15.00 million people. Get to know Turkish speaking population in detail.

Turkish writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Turkish writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Turkish language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Turkish language. Learn more about . 

Information about Turkish language

Check out all the information about Turkish language here. You may find it interesting to learn Turkish Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Turkish Speaking Countries, Turkish speaking continents and Turkish Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Turkish countries knowing common Turkish Greetings will help you in communicating with Turkish people.