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Indonesian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Indonesian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Indonesia  
Turkey  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
günaydın  

Please
mohon Untuk  
lütfen  

Sorry
maaf  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

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

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
indonésien  
turc  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Turkish  

History

Origin
7th Century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
56  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
tur  

ISO 639 3
ind  
tur  

ISO 639 6
ind  
tur  

Glottocode
indo1316  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
No data available  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Indonesian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Turkish language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian and Turkish Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Turkish Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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