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
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Not Available
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Unjani
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
günaydın
Molo
Sorry
üzgünüm
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Hoşçakal
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Thembu
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Türkisch
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Turkish
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
c. 1350
16th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
No early forms
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
xhos1239
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
All Turkish and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Turkish and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Turkish are spoken in different Turkish Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Turkish vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Turkish dialects include: Azerbaijani Turkish, Crimean Turkish. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Turkish and Xhosa Speaking population
Turkish and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Turkish and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Turkish and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Turkish language is 0.95 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Turkish vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Turkish and Xhosa Language Codes
Turkish and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Turkish and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.