Countries
South Africa
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
National Language
South Africa
Turkey
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Turkish Language Association
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Azerbaijani Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
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Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Dankie
teşekkür ederim
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Nasılsın?
Good Night
goeie nag
İyi Geceler
Good Evening
Goeienaand
İyi Akşamlar
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Tünaydın
Good Morning
goeie more
günaydın
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
-
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
-
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Namibia
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Native Name
Afrikaans
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Anatolian, Türkisch
French Name
afrikaans
turc
German Name
Afrikaans
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Turkish
Origin
17th Century
c. 1350
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Western
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
nucl1301
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Turkish Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Turkish dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Turkish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Turkish Dialects are spoken in different Turkish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Turkish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish , Crimean Turkish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Turkish Speaking population
Afrikaans and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Turkish on Afrikaans vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Turkish Language Codes
Afrikaans and Turkish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Turkish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.