Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Olonets
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Olonets
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Türkçe
Alternative Names
Russki
Anatolian, Türkisch
German Name
Russisch
Türkisch
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Ethnicity
Russians
Turkish
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Turkic Family
Branch
Eastern
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old East Slavic
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
russ1263
nucl1301
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Russian 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 Russian and Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Turkish language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Turkish Difficulty
The Russian vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian 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 Russian and Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.