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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

11
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Turkey

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania

Regulated By

Turkish Language Association

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.

Similar To

Azerbaijani Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

29
Rank: 11 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

21
Rank: 11 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Merhaba

Thank You

teşekkür ederim

How Are You?

Nasılsın?

Good Night

İyi Geceler

Good Evening

İyi Akşamlar

Good Afternoon

Tünaydın

Good Morning

günaydın

Please

lütfen

Sorry

üzgünüm

Bye

Hoşçakal

I Love You

Seni seviyorum

Excuse Me

Afedersiniz

Dialects

Dialect 1

Azerbaijani Turkish

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

26,000,000.00
Rank: 25 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Crimean Turkish

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

480,000.00
Rank: 71 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Gagauz

Where They Speak

Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine

How Many People Speak

140,000.00
Rank: 64 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

9
Rank: 9 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

75.00 million
Rank: 23 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.95 %
Rank: 22 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

60.00 million
Rank: 20 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

15.00 million
Rank: 34 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

Türkçe

Alternative Names

Anatolian, Türkisch

French Name

turc

German Name

Türkisch

Pronunciation

[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]

Ethnicity

Turkish

History

Origin

c. 1350

Language Family

Turkic Family

Subgroup

Turkic

Branch

Southwestern(Oghuz)

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish

Standard Forms

Ottoman Turkish(defunct)

Language Position

19
Rank: 17 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Turkish Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

tr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

tur

ISO 639 2/B

tur

ISO 639 3

tur

ISO 639 6

tur

Glottocode

nucl1301

Linguasphere

44-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb

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

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