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Arabic and Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
23  
4

National Language
Turkey  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
مرحبا  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
günaydın  
صباح الخير  

Please
lütfen  
من فضلك  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
آسف  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
وداعا  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Sudanese  

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

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
Türkçe  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
turc  
arabe  

German Name
Türkisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Arabs  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
512 CE  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Semitic  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
19  
17
25  
23

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
ara  

ISO 639 3
tur  
ara  

ISO 639 6
tur  
ara  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Turkish and Arabic 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 Arabic dialects. Various dialects of Turkish and Arabic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Turkish are spoken in different Turkish Speaking Countries whereas Arabic Dialects are spoken in different Arabic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Turkish vs Arabic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish, Crimean Turkish. Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi , Sudanese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Turkish and Arabic Speaking population

Turkish and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Turkish vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Arabic Language Codes

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

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