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Turkish vs Basque


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Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
2  
13

National Language
Turkey  
France, Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Spanish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Kaixo  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Gabon  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Egun on  

Please
lütfen  
Mesedez  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Barkatu  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Agur  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
France  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
9
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
29
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
7.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
21
Not Available  

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
Not Available  

Native Name
Türkçe  
Not available  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
turc  
basque  

German Name
Türkisch  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Basque people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Not Available  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Basque  

Language Position
19  
17
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
baq  

ISO 639 3
tur  
eus  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Turkish and Basque Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Basque language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Turkish and Basque Language History.

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Turkish and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Basque language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Basque Difficulty

The Turkish vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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