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Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
3  
12

National Language
Turkey  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
سلام  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
günaydın  
صبح به خیر  

Please
lütfen  
لطفا  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
متاسف  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Western Persian  

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

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Türkçe  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
turc  
persan  

German Name
Türkisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Persian people  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Persian  

Language Position
19  
17
23  
21

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
per  

ISO 639 3
tur  
pes  

ISO 639 6
tur  
pers  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Turkish and Persian Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Persian language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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

Turkish vs Persian Difficulty

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

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