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Armenian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
32  
22
21  
11

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
günaydın  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
lütfen  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
-  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
6.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
arménien  
turc  

German Name
Armenisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Turkish  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
14  
13
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
tur  

ISO 639 3
hye  
tur  

ISO 639 6
hye  
tur  

Glottocode
arme1241  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Armenian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Turkish language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Armenian and Turkish Language History.

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Armenian and Turkish 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 Armenian and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Turkish language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Armenian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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