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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
11
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
Turkey
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
1.6 Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
1.7 Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
German
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2.4 Scripts
Latin
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Merhaba
3.2 Thank You
teşekkür ederim
3.3 How Are You?
Nasılsın?
3.4 Good Night
İyi Geceler
3.5 Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
3.6 Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
3.7 Good Morning
günaydın
3.8 Please
lütfen
3.9 Sorry
üzgünüm
3.10 Bye
Hoşçakal
3.11 I Love You
Seni seviyorum
3.12 Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
26,000,000.00
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
480,000.00
Rank: 29 (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Gagauz
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
140,000.00
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
75.00 million
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.95 %
Rank: 21 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
60.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
15.00 million
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
Türkçe
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
5.3.4 French Name
turc
5.3.5 German Name
Türkisch
5.4 Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
5.5 Ethnicity
Turkish
6 History
6.1 Origin
c. 1350
6.2 Language Family
Turkic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Turkic
6.2.2 Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
19
Rank: 17 (Overall)
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
tr
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
tur
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
tur
7.3 ISO 639 3
tur
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
nucl1301
7.6 Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic

Origin of Turkish language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Turkish language is one of the Best Languages to Learn. The origin of Turkish language states that it was put to use in c. 1350. The history of Turkish language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Turkish Language History.The evolution of Turkish language began with early forms such as Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish. Ottoman Turkish(defunct) is the standard form of Turkish language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Turkish Language.

Turkish population

Turkish population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Turkish language. Turkish language is spoken by 75.00 million people in the world. Most of the Turkish population lies in the Turkish Speaking Countries. Turkish language is spoken as first language by 60.00 million people and as second language by about 15.00 million people. Get to know Turkish speaking population in detail.

Turkish writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Turkish writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Turkish language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Turkish language. Learn more about . 

Information about Turkish language

Check out all the information about Turkish language here. You may find it interesting to learn Turkish Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Turkish Speaking Countries, Turkish speaking continents and Turkish Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Turkish countries knowing common Turkish Greetings will help you in communicating with Turkish people.

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