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Slovak vs Turkish


Turkish vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
11  
5

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Turkish Language Association  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
8  
5

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
günaydın  

Please
Prosím  
lütfen  

Sorry
Pardón!  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
slovenčina  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
slovaque  
turc  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Turkish  

History

Origin
6th Century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Turkic  

Branch
Western  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
27  
25
19  
17

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
tur  

ISO 639 3
slk  
tur  

ISO 639 6
slk  
tur  

Glottocode
slov1269  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Slovak and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Turkish language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak and Turkish Language History.

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

Slovak vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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