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Turkish vs German


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
11  
5

National Language
Germany  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Turkish Language Association  

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

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
9  
1
21  
11

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
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Danke  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
günaydın  

Please
bitte  
lütfen  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Tschüs  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Crimean Turkish  

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

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Deutsch  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
allemand  
turc  

German Name
Deutsch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Turkish  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Turkic  

Branch
Western  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

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

Language Position
9  
9
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
tur  

ISO 639 3
deu  
tur  

ISO 639 6
deus  
tur  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
nucl1301  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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German and Turkish Language History

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

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

German vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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