Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
France
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Souletin
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Spain
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
Not available
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
German Name
Türkisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Turkish
Basque people
Language Family
Turkic Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Not Available
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Basque
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
basq1248
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
40-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
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.