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Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
7   
8

National Language
Turkey   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
21   
11
9   
1

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
hallo   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
Danke   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
günaydın   
guten Morgen   

Please
lütfen   
bitte   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Swiss German   

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

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Swabian German   

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

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
Türkçe   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
turc   
allemand   

German Name
Türkisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Germans   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
6th Century AD   

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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
19   
17
9   
9

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
ger   

ISO 639 3
tur   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Turkish and German Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and German language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Turkish vs German Difficulty

The Turkish vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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