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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
1  
14

National Language
Turkey  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
Halo  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
lütfen  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
maaf  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
Türkçe  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
turc  
indonésien  

German Name
Türkisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
7th Century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indonesian  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Indonesian  

Language Position
19  
17
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
ind  

ISO 639 3
tur  
ind  

ISO 639 6
tur  
ind  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Turkish and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Indonesian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Turkish vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Turkish vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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