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Turkish vs Armenian


Armenian vs Turkish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Greek  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
32  
22

Scripts
Latin  
Armenian manuscript  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
lütfen  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
-  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
6.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
turc  
arménien  

German Name
Türkisch  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Armenians  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
19  
17
14  
13

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Signed Armenian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
arm  

ISO 639 3
tur  
hye  

ISO 639 6
tur  
hye  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Turkish and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Armenian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Turkish and Armenian Language History.

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Turkish and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Armenian language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Armenian Difficulty

The Turkish vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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