Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Turkey
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Merhaba
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
İyi Geceler
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
günaydın
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
lütfen
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
üzgünüm
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Hoşçakal
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Greece
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Griko
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Italy
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
turc
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Türkisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
nucl1301
gree1276
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Turkish and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Greek language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Greek Difficulty
The Turkish vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.