Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Turkey
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
South Africa
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
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Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Thank you
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
How are you?
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Good Night
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
günaydın
Good Morning
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
I love you
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
American English
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
United States of America
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
United Kingdom
Native Name
Türkçe
English
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Not Available
German Name
Türkisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Turkish
Not Available
Origin
c. 1350
5th Century AD
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Not Available
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Standard English
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
nucl1301
stan1293
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Turkish and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and English language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs English Difficulty
The Turkish vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.