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Hebrew vs Turkish


Turkish vs Hebrew


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Israel  
Turkey  

Second Language
Israel  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Aramaic Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22  
4
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0  
8  
5

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Hebrew  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
שלום (Shalom)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
תודה (Toda)  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  
günaydın  

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)  
lütfen  

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)  
üzgünüm  

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
בבקשה!  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

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

How Many People Speak
9,200,000.00  
38
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
38
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00  
30
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
4.40 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
hébreu  
turc  

German Name
Hebräisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Hebrew-speaking people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1000 BC  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Turkic  

Branch
Canaanitic  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
23  
21
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
he  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
heb  
tur  

ISO 639 3
heb  
tur  

ISO 639 6
heb  
tur  

Glottocode
hebr1246  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Hebrew and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Hebrew vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Hebrew and Turkish language. History of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 BC 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 Hebrew and Turkish Language History.

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

Hebrew vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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