Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
National Language
Turkey
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International 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.
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Amharic and Hebrew
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
شكرا
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
كيف حالك؟
Good Night
İyi Geceler
تصبح على خير
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
مساء الخير
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
مساء الخير
Good Morning
günaydın
صباح الخير
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
أحبك
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
اعذرني
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Maghrebi
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Sudanese
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Sudan
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Levantine
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Cyprus, Levant
Native Name
Türkçe
(al arabiya) العربية
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
German Name
Türkisch
Arabisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
Language Family
Turkic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
North Arabic
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Modern Standard Arabic
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Arabic
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
arab1395
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
12-AAC
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Turkish and Arabic Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Turkish and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Arabic language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Arabic Difficulty
The Turkish vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Turkish and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.