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Romanian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
11  
5

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Turkey  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
alo  
Merhaba  

Thank You
multumesc  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
günaydın  

Please
Vă Rog  
lütfen  

Sorry
scuze  
üzgünüm  

Bye
La revedere  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Română  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
turc  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1521  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
36  
33
19  
17

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
tur  

ISO 639 3
ron  
tur  

ISO 639 6
ron  
tur  

Glottocode
roma1327  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Romanian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Turkish language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Turkish Language History.

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

Romanian vs Turkish Difficulty

The Romanian vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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