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Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
6  
9

National Language
Turkey  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Hallo  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
günaydın  
goedemorgen  

Please
lütfen  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
sorry  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Gronings  

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

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
9
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
29
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
26
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
21
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
18
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
Türkçe  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
turc  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Türkisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Germanic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
19  
17
48  
35

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
dut  

ISO 639 3
tur  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Turkish and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Dutch language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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

Turkish vs Dutch Difficulty

The Turkish vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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