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Turkish vs Romanian


Romanian vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
6   
9

National Language
Turkey   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
21   
11
20   
10

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   
alo   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
multumesc   

How Are You?
Nasılsın?   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
günaydın   
bună Dimineața   

Please
lütfen   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
scuze   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
La revedere   

I Love You
Seni seviyorum   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Istro-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
Türkçe   
Română   

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
turc   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Türkisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Romanians   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
1521   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Not Available   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Romanian   

Language Position
19   
17
36   
28

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
rum   

ISO 639 3
tur   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Turkish and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Romanian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Turkish vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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