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Turkish and Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
11  
5

National Language
Russia  
Turkey  

Second Language
Afganistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, 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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
günaydın  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
lütfen  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
üzgünüm  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Crimean Turkish  

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

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Русский  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
russe  
turc  

German Name
Russisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Turkic  

Branch
Eastern  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
7  
7
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
tur  

ISO 639 3
rus  
tur  

ISO 639 6
rus  
tur  

Glottocode
russ1263  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Russian and Turkish Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Russian and Turkish dialects. Various dialects of Russian and Turkish language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Russian are spoken in different Russian Speaking Countries whereas Turkish Dialects are spoken in different Turkish speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Russian vs Turkish Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian, Olonets. Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish , Crimean Turkish. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Russian and Turkish Speaking population

Russian and Turkish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Russian and Turkish languages can be compared. The total count of Russian and Turkish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Russian and Turkish on Russian vs Turkish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Russian and Turkish Language Codes

Russian and Turkish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Russian and Turkish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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