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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
11  
5

National Language
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  
Turkey  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Thank you  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Good Night  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
günaydın  

Please
Please  
lütfen  

Sorry
Sorry  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Bye  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
I love you  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
English  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
English  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
anglais  
turc  

German Name
Englisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
3  
3
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
tur  

ISO 639 3
eng  
tur  

ISO 639 6
engs  
tur  

Glottocode
stan1293  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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English and Turkish Language History

Comparison of English vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of English and Turkish language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Turkish Language History.

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

English vs Turkish Difficulty

The English vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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