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Turkish vs Italian


Italian vs Turkish


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
Not Available   
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   
11
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   
9
3,000,000.00   
21

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   
29
5,000,000.00   
14

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   
26
Not Available   

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 %   
21
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
14.00 million   
20

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)   
Not Available   

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   
23

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
Not Available   
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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