Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
South Africa
National Language
Turkey
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
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Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Dankie
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
İyi Geceler
goeie nag
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Goeie middag
Good Morning
günaydın
goeie more
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
-
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
-
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Namibia
Native Name
Türkçe
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Cape Dutch
French Name
turc
afrikaans
German Name
Türkisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 1350
17th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Western
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1301
afri1274
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic
All Turkish and Afrikaans 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 Turkish and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Turkish and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Turkish are spoken in different Turkish Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Turkish vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish, Crimean Turkish. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Turkish and Afrikaans Speaking population
Turkish and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Turkish and Afrikaans on Turkish vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Turkish and Afrikaans Language Codes
Turkish and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.