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Countries

Countries

Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

113
0 46
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National Language

Turkey
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Turkish Language Association
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Azerbaijani Language
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2924
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

87
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2117
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

66
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Merhaba
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

teşekkür ederim
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Nasılsın?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

İyi Geceler
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

İyi Akşamlar
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

Tünaydın
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

günaydın
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

lütfen
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

üzgünüm
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

Hoşçakal
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

Seni seviyorum
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Afedersiniz
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Azerbaijani Turkish
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Greece

How Many People Speak

26,000,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Crimean Turkish
Griko

Where They Speak

Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Italy

How Many People Speak

480,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Gagauz
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

140,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

925
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

75.00 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.95 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

60.00 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Türkçe
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Anatolian, Türkisch
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

turc
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Türkisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Turkish
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

c. 1350
1500 BC

Language Family

Turkic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Turkic
Hellenic

Branch

Southwestern(Oghuz)
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Modern Greek

Language Position

1974
1 120
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Signed Forms

Turkish Sign Language
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

tr
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tur
ell

ISO 639 2/B

tur
gre

ISO 639 3

tur
ell

ISO 639 6

tur
ells

Glottocode

nucl1301
gree1276

Linguasphere

44-AAB-a
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Turkish and Greek Alphabets

Turkish and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Turkish and Greek. In Turkish Alphabets there are 29 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Turkish and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Turkish and Greek languages. The Turkish phonology consist Turkish vowels and Turkish consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Turkish greetings vs Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Turkish and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Turkish and Greek Speaking population

Turkish and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Turkish vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Turkish and Greek Language Codes

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