Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
pardon
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Gronings
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Belgium, Netherlands
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
Origin
c. 1350
AD 450-500
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Western
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
mode1257
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
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.