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Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
7  
8

National Language
Turkey  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
French and Portuguese Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
16  
6

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
ciao  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
grazie  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Come stai?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
buonanotte  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
buonasera  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
buon pomeriggio  

Good Morning
günaydın  
buongiorno  

Please
lütfen  
Per Favore  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
scusate  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
arrivederci  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Ti amo  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Scusami  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Romanesco  

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

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Central Italian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Tuscan  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
78.00 million  
21

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.90 %  
23

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
64.00 million  
18

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
14.00 million  
36

Native Name
Türkçe  
Italiano  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Italiano  

French Name
turc  
italien  

German Name
Türkisch  
Italienisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[itaˈljaːno]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Italians  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
960 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Romance  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Italian  

Language Position
19  
17
27  
25

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
it  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
ita  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
ita  

ISO 639 3
tur  
ita  

ISO 639 6
tur  
itas  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
ital1282  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
51-AAA-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Turkish and Italian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Italian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Turkish vs Italian Difficulty

The Turkish vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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