Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
116
0
46
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National Language
Turkey
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2927
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2123
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Merhaba
Hola
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Gràcies
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Com estàs?
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Bona nit
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Bona tarda
Good Morning
günaydın
Bon dia
Please
lütfen
Sisplau
Sorry
üzgünüm
Perdó!
Bye
Hoşçakal
Adéu
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
T'estimo
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Caló
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Valencian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Spain
How Many People Speak
480,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Spain
How Many People Speak
140,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
98
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
75.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.95 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
60.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Türkçe
català
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
turc
catalan; valencien
German Name
Türkisch
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Turkish
Catalan people
Origin
c. 1350
c. 1028
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Romance
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
1932
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
tr
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
tur
cat
ISO 639 2/B
tur
cat
ISO 639 3
tur
cat
ISO 639 6
tur
cat
Glottocode
nucl1301
stan1289
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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