Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Israel
National Language
Turkey
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Poland
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Academy of the Hebrew Language
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 original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Azerbaijani Language
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
Merhaba
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
İyi Geceler
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
günaydın
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
lütfen
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
üzgünüm
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
Hoşçakal
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Israel
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Israel, Palestine
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Israel
Native Name
Türkçe
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Israeli, Ivrit
German Name
Türkisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Hebrew-speaking people
Language Family
Turkic Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Canaanitic
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Modern Hebrew
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
nucl1301
hebr1246
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
12-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Turkish and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Hebrew language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Turkish vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.