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
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
Not Available
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Dankie
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
İyi Geceler
goeie nag
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Goeie middag
Good Morning
günaydın
goeie more
Bye
Hoşçakal
Not Available
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Namibia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Cape Dutch
French Name
turc
afrikaans
German Name
Türkisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Afrikaners
Origin
c. 1350
17th Century
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Western
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
nucl1301
afri1274
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic
Turkish and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Turkish and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Afrikaans language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Turkish vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Turkish and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.